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EXPLORE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):

diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)

Verb group:

explore (examine minutely)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):

put out feelers (make some preliminary investigations or test the waters)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exploration (a careful systematic search)

exploratory (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Examine minutely

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):

diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)

Verb group:

explore (examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):

plumb (examine thoroughly and in great depth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men explore the area for animals

Derivation:

exploration (a careful systematic search)

exploration (a systematic consideration)

exploratory (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Inquire into

Example:

Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness

Synonyms:

explore; research; search

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):

investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):

prospect (explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals)

google (search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine)

mapquest (search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program)

re-explore (explore anew)

beat about; cast about; cast around (search anxiously)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They explore whether there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

exploration (a systematic consideration)

explorative; exploratory (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Travel to or penetrate into

Example:

explore unknown territory in biology

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):

investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):

pioneer (open up and explore a new area)

cave; spelunk (explore natural caves)

map (explore or survey for the purpose of making a map)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exploration (to travel for the purpose of discovery)

exploration (a systematic consideration)

explorative; exploratory (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery)

explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Credits

 Context examples: 

For two days Maud and I ranged the sea and explored the beaches in search of the missing masts.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And ready to start with an exploring ship?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers then explored whether the molecule could be detectable in an exoplanet's atmosphere.

(Poisonous Earthly Molecule May Be Sign of Extraterrestrial Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

To explore this theory, the scientists first conducted a study in which they increased adipsin levels in mice with type 2 diabetes.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There are quizzes, games and lots of cool web sites for you to explore.

(Children's Page, NIH)

A therapeutic technique in which art is used to express and explore emotions and to help address or heal emotional problems or traumas.

(Art therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists have explored hypotheses including potential differences in how children's lungs and airways develop when they are overweight, and inflammatory changes in the body due to obesity.

(Obesity May Be to Blame for Quarter of Asthma Cases in Children, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is committed to exploring the molecular basis of human cancer through a focused, multidisciplinary approach to improve the diagnosis and treatment of all major forms of the disease.

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

Based on gene discovery program in CGAP, the GAI is currently exploring the application of multiple technological approaches to searching the 3'UTR of genes for sequence variation.

(Genetic Annotation Initiative, NCI Thesaurus)