"exploration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-exploration.ogg [US] Forms: explorations [plural]
enPR: ĕks’plərā′shən Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio Morphologically explore + -ation Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|exploration}} Middle French exploration, {{der|en|la|exploratio}} Latin exploratio, {{suffix|en|explore|ation|nocat=1}} explore + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)
  1. The process of exploring. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of exploring): eksplorim [masculine] (Albanian), اِسْتِكْشَاف (istikšāf) [masculine] (Arabic), հետազոտություն (hetazotutʿyun) (Armenian), ուսումնասիրություն (usumnasirutʿyun) (Armenian), tədqiqat (Azerbaijani), kəşfiyyat (Azerbaijani), дасле́даванне (dasljédavannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), дасле́дванне (dasljédvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), изсле́дване (izslédvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exploració [feminine] (Catalan), 勘探 (kāntàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 勘察 (kānchá) (Chinese Mandarin), průzkum [masculine] (Czech), udforskning [common-gender] (Danish), undersøgelse [common-gender] (Danish), verkenning [feminine] (Dutch), exploratie (Dutch), esplorado (Esperanto), uurimine (Estonian), tutkiminen (Finnish), tutkimus (Finnish), tutkimusmatka (Finnish), exploration [feminine] (French), გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) (Georgian), Erkundung [feminine] (German), Erforschung [feminine] (German), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), εξερεύνηση (exerévnisi) [feminine] (Greek), felfedezés (Hungarian), eksplorasi (Indonesian), esplorazione [feminine] (Italian), 探検 (tanken) (alt: たんけん) (Japanese), 探査 (tansa) (alt: たんさ) (Japanese), 精査 (seisa) (alt: せいさ) (Japanese), 探究 (tankyū) (alt: たんきゅう) (Japanese), 탐험 (tamheom) (alt: 探險) (Korean), 탐사 (tamsa) (alt: 探査) (Korean), 답사 (dapsa) (alt: 踏査) (Korean), 탐구 (tamgu) (alt: 探究) (Korean), pētījums [masculine] (Latvian), tyrinėjimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), истражување (istražuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), penjelajahan (Malay), penerokaan (Malay), судалгаа (sudalgaa) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), utforskning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utforsking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utforsking [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کاوش (kâvoš) (Persian), اکتشاف (ektešâf) (Persian), eksploracja [feminine] (Polish), badanie [neuter] (Polish), exploração [feminine] (Portuguese), explorare [feminine] (Romanian), иссле́дование (isslédovanije) [neuter] (Russian), изуче́ние (izučénije) [neuter] (Russian), rannsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), истражи́ва̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), istražívānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prieskum [masculine] (Slovak), raziskovanje [neuter] (Slovene), exploración [feminine] (Spanish), utforskning [common-gender] (Swedish), иктишоф (iktišof) (Tajik), тадкиқ (tadkiq) (Tajik), таҳқиқ (tahqiq) (Tajik), тафтиш (taftiš) (Tajik), keşif (Turkish), дослі́дження (doslídžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), дослі́джування (doslídžuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tekshirish (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-exploration-en-noun-m4ZiGPtX Disambiguation of 'act of exploring': 84 6 5 6
  2. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery): проу́чване (proúčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), udforskning [common-gender] (Danish), opdagelse [common-gender] (Danish), exploratie (Dutch), ontdekkingsreis (Dutch), ontdekkingstocht (Dutch), löytöretki (Finnish), tutkimusretki (Finnish), tutkimusmatka (Finnish), Entdeckungsreise [feminine] (German), Erkundung [feminine] (German), Erforschung [feminine] (German), eksplorasi (Indonesian), upptäcktsresa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-exploration-en-noun-KORRXgEV Disambiguation of 'penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery': 3 89 4 4
  3. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exploration-en-noun-k48e-u02
  4. (medicine) A physical examination of a patient. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-exploration-en-noun-LZQmtrT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 22 71 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: space exploration, urban exploration Related terms: explorative, exploratory, explorer Translations (geological (mineral) exploration): Exploration [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'geological (mineral) exploration': 1 3 48 48

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "たんけん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanken",
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          "alt": "たんさ",
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          "roman": "tansa",
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          "roman": "seisa",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dapsa",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "답사"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tamgu",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "탐구"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pētījums"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "tyrinėjimas"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "istražuvanje",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "истражување"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "penjelajahan"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "penerokaan"
        },
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sudalgaa",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of exploring",
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          "word": "utforskning"
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          "sense": "act of exploring",
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        },
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "act of exploring",
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        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kâvoš",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "کاوش"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ektešâf",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "اکتشاف"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eksploracja"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "badanie"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "isslédovanije",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "иссле́дование"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izučénije",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "изуче́ние"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rannsachadh"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "истражи́ва̄ње"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "istražívānje"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prieskum"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "raziskovanje"
        },
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          "sense": "act of exploring",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "iktišof",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "иктишоф"
        },
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tadkiq",
          "sense": "act of exploring",
          "word": "тадкиқ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 6 5 6",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exploração"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "explorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isslédovanije",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "иссле́дование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izučénije",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изуче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rannsachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "истражи́ва̄ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "istražívānje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prieskum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "raziskovanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exploración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utforskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "iktišof",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "иктишоф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tadkiq",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "тадкиқ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tahqiq",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "таҳқиқ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "taftiš",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "тафтиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "keşif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doslídžennja",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дослі́дження"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doslídžuvannja",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дослі́джування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of exploring",
      "word": "tekshirish"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proúčvane",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проу́чване"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udforskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "opdagelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "exploratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "ontdekkingsreis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "ontdekkingstocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "löytöretki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "tutkimusretki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "tutkimusmatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entdeckungsreise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erkundung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erforschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "word": "eksplorasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "upptäcktsresa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geological (mineral) exploration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Exploration"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "exploration"
  ],
  "word": "exploration"
}

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