Dictionary entry details
• EXPLORE (verb)
Meaning:
Inquire into
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
explore; research; search
Context examples:
the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project / He searched for information on his relatives on the web / Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):
prospect (explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals)
google (search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine)
re-explore (explore anew)
beat about; cast about; cast around (search anxiously)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They explore whether there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Travel to or penetrate into
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
explore unknown territory in biology
Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):
pioneer (open up and explore a new area)
cave; spelunk (explore natural caves)
map (explore or survey for the purpose of making a map)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Examine minutely
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):
diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):
plumb (examine thoroughly and in great depth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men explore the area for animals
Meaning:
Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "explore" is one way to...):
diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explore"):
put out feelers (make some preliminary investigations or test the waters)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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