explore
To examine or investigate something systematically.
Verb 4 meanings
To examine or investigate something systematically.
“The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.”
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
“It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.”
To examine diagnostically.
To (seek) experience first hand.
Noun 1 meaning
An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
Etymology
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
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EXPLORE at a glance
EXPLORE has 7 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + L 1 + O 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,153 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with explore
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- EXPLODE17
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