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  1. transitive verb To investigate systematically; examine: explore every possibility.
  2. transitive verb To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery: exploring outer space.
  3. transitive verb Medicine To examine for diagnostic purposes.
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  • Recording as Recloose, Matt Chicoine is the Detroit producer whose recordings for Carl Craig's Planet E label explore upbeat, sample - based trip-hop instead of the synth-based techno often heard in the —  ScreenTalk
  • There is a range of smaller companies to explore, as well. —  Market News
  • The knotted story created by Alan Moore offers many threads for eager readers to explore, and sometimes critics overlook the artwork that synthesized with Moore's words to create the graphic novel. —  Paste Magazine
  • As players explore, they will unravel the mystery of the "Great Blank" and discover a dangerous new force that must be stopped.
  • As with other students, computers can help our students with special learning needs to find, explore, analyze, exchange, and present information. —  TEACHER SOL
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin explōrāre : ex-, ex- + perhaps plōrāre, to cry out, as to rouse game.

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  1. = Old French explorer, esplorer, French explorer = Spanish Portuguese explorar = Italian esplorare, from Latin explorare, search out, seek to discover, investigate, explore, from ex, out, + plorare, cry out, wail, weep; cf. deplore.
 

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/ɛksˈploʊr/
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