exploreverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪkˈsplɔːr/us/ɪkˈsplɔːr/B1 to search and discover (about something):
to explore space
The best way to explore the countryside is on foot.
The children have gone exploring in the woods.
B2 to think or talk about something in order to find out more about it:
Let's explore this issue/idea more fully.
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- Divers exploring the wreck managed to salvage some coins and jewellery.
- Nice is an excellent base for exploring the French Riviera.
- We went on an expedition to explore the flora and fauna of Hornchurch Wood.
- Virtual Reality aims to give us artificial worlds to explore, outside normal space and time.
- A website may have many different web pages for you to click on and explore.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- shake
- strip search
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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Thinking and contemplating
Debate & discussion