verb
explore
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verb
1
To travel through an unfamiliar place in order to learn about it.
"They spent the weekend exploring the old city on foot."
"Divers explored the sunken shipwreck for hidden treasure."
2
To examine or think about something carefully.
"The committee will explore other funding options."
How to Use Explore
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo travel around discovering a place, or to think carefully through an idea or option.
Common pairings
explore options
explore the city
explore further
Word Forms
explored past tense, explores plural, explores singular
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Etymology
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explorare, "to investigate, search out" — originally a hunting term meaning "to cry out," from ex- ("out") + plorare ("to cry").