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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 notes

In 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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Divers _____ the sunken shipwreck for hidden treasure.

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").

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