explore

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To travel through a place in order to learn about it or discover something.

   The expedition set out to explore the Arctic.

2. 2
   verb

   To examine or think about something carefully.

   The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).

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