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Verb: explore  ik'splor
  1. Inquire into
    "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
    - research, search
     
  2. Travel to or penetrate into
    "explore unknown territory in biology"
     
  3. Examine minutely
     
  4. Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

Derived forms: explored, explores, exploring

See also: exploration, explorative, explorer

Type of: diagnose, investigate, look into, name

Encyclopedia: Explore

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