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Antonyms for explore

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-splawr, -splohr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsplɔr, -ˈsploʊr


Definition of explore

Origin :
  • 1580s, "to investigate, examine," a back-formation from exploration, or else from Middle French explorer (16c.), from Latin explorare "investigate, search out, examine, explore," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plorare "to cry."
  • But second element also explained as "to make to flow," from pluere "to flow." Meaning "to go to a country or place in quest of discoveries" is first attested 1610s. Related: Explored; exploring.
  • verb investigate; survey
Example sentences :
  • I long to live so that I can explore what is no less than a new world to me.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Five of us put off in a boat to explore—that is the last that I can recall.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • He crawled into it with a leaping heart and began to explore.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Collecting my courage I set about to explore my surroundings.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Come, Clara; I want to explore the penetralia of this temple of Isis.'
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The passage must lead somewhere, and it was large enough for her to explore it!
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • During their absence Hatteras was to explore the coast and take their bearings.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • The doctor, Altamont, and Bell determined to explore the country.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • Here there was much to explore, though an adult might not have thought twice about it.
  • Extract from : « Poppa Needs Shorts » by Leigh Richmond
  • The aggressive Martians would be only too glad to explore the Moon.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

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