Meaning

(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
3. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
4. (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
5. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
6. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
7. (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
8. (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Example Sentences

The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.

Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.

It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.

He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.

The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.

They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.

Word Forms

• explores
• exploring
• explored

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When Should You Use Explore?

Use explore when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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