"exploratory" meaning in English

See exploratory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [UK], /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/ [UK], /ɪkˈ-/ [UK], /ɛkˈsplɔɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/ [US], /ɪkˈ-/ [US], /ɪkˈsplɔɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exploratory.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From explore + -atory. Etymology templates: {{af|en|explore|-atory}} explore + -atory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} exploratory (not comparable)
  1. Serving to explore or investigate. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: exploratory committee Translations (Translations): badawczy (Polish), exploratório (Portuguese), exploratorio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exploratory-en-adj-~sgQyL5n

Noun

IPA: /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [UK], /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/ [UK], /ɪkˈ-/ [UK], /ɛkˈsplɔɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/ [US], /ɪkˈ-/ [US], /ɪkˈsplɔɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exploratory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exploratories [plural]
Etymology: From explore + -atory. Etymology templates: {{af|en|explore|-atory}} explore + -atory Head templates: {{en-noun}} exploratory (plural exploratories)
  1. An exploration or investigation.
    Sense id: en-exploratory-en-noun-X0T8X2y6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -atory Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -atory: 35 65

Inflected forms

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