explorative

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈsplɔrətɪv/ UK /ɪkˈsplɔːrətɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to or serving to explore; exploratory

The committee took an explorative approach before deciding.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to or serving to... exploratory investigative probing searching inquiring experimental

Opposites

conclusive definitive

Word family

Related forms explore exploratory exploration explorer

Etymology

From explore + -ative. Explore derives from Latin explorare ('to investigate, search out'), perhaps from ex- ('out') + plorare ('to cry out').

explorare Latin plorare Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# explorative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsplɔrətɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsplɔːrətɪv/

## Meanings
1. relating to or serving to explore; exploratory

## Examples
- The committee took an explorative approach before deciding.

## Synonyms
- exploratory
- investigative
- probing
- searching
- inquiring
- experimental

## Antonyms
- conclusive
- definitive

## Related Forms
- explore
- exploratory
- exploration
- explorer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: explorare
- Root: plorare

## Etymology
From explore + -ative. Explore derives from Latin explorare ('to investigate, search out'), perhaps from ex- ('out') + plorare ('to cry out').

## AI Etymology
Explorative comes from explore + -ative. Explore derives from Latin explorare ('to investigate, search out'), perhaps from ex- ('out') + plorare ('to cry out'). The etymological trail includes Latin explorare and Latin plorare. As an adjective, explorative describes what is relating to or serving to explore; exploratory. The same family is visible in related forms such as explore, exploratory, exploration, and explorer. The wording should be read with that uncertainty intact: the proposed connection is plausible rather than absolute.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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