Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To investigate systematically; examine.
- intransitive verb To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery.
- intransitive verb Medicine To examine (a body cavity or interior part) for diagnostic purposes, especially by surgery.
- intransitive verb To make a careful examination or search.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To search for; look for with care and labor; seek after.
- To search through, examine, or investigate, especially for the purpose of making discoveries in general or for the discovery of some particular thing; hence, to examine or search into with care, for the purpose of ascertaining the appearance, nature, condition, circumstances, etc., of; inquire into; scrutinize; specifically, to traverse or range over (a part or country) for the purpose of geographical discovery: as, Moses sent spies to explore the land of Canaan; to explore a gunshot-wound to find the bullet.
- Synonyms Scrutinize, etc. See
search .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
- transitive verb To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, obsolete To
seek for something or after someone. - verb transitive To
examine orinvestigate somethingsystematically . - verb transitive To
travel somewhere in search ofdiscovery . - verb intransitive, medicine To examine
diagnostically . - verb transitive To (seek)
experience first hand . - verb intransitive To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- verb intransitive To
wander without any particularaim orpurpose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb travel to or penetrate into
- verb examine minutely
- verb inquire into
- verb examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Abandon hope all ye who enter here: to explore is to become lost.
Call it what you will. greygirlbeast 2010
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Abandon hope all ye who enter here: to explore is to become lost.
Call it what you will. greygirlbeast 2010
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2005) — Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon.
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Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede - NASA Watch
Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede - NASA Watch 2009
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Stross got close when he called the first singularity language but what he did not explore is that very few made it to the other side of that singularity.
VIDEO: Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Karl Schroeder, and Charles Stross discuss the Singularity 2010
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Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede was the previous entry in this blog.
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Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede
Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede - NASA Watch 2009
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"Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede."
Any country that doesn't explore is going to ultimately recede - NASA Watch 2009
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The most interesting page to explore is titled What Is Not Part of the Department of Education's Role?
William Ferriter: What Does the Department of Education Do? William Ferriter 2010
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Spending close to 20 billion dollars annually just so that an -- elite few -- can explore is foolish.
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