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"word": "explorer"
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{
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"word": "reexplore"
}
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"2": "frm",
"3": "explorer"
},
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},
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"2": "la",
"3": "explōrō",
"4": "explōrāre",
"5": "to investigate, search out"
},
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{
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},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning \"to set up a loud cry\", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as \"to make to flow\" (from pluere (“to flow”)).",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"present"
]
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]
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"past"
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],
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"ex‧plore"
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "exploration"
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"word": "explorative"
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{
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"word": "exploratory"
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To seek for something or after someone."
],
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[
"seek",
"seek"
]
],
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"(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone."
],
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"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To examine or investigate something systematically."
],
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[
"examine",
"examine"
],
[
"investigate",
"investigate"
],
[
"systematically",
"systematically"
]
],
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"(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically."
],
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"sense": "examine or investigate systematically",
"word": "delve into"
},
{
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"sense": "examine or investigate systematically",
"word": "research"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istakšafa",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "اِسْتَكْشَفَ"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hetazotel",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "հետազոտել"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "usumnasirel",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ուսումնասիրել"
},
{
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplorar"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dasljédavacʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дасле́даваць"
},
{
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"roman": "dasljédvacʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "дасле́дваць"
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izslédvam",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
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"imperfective"
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tànsuǒ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探索"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探險"
},
{
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"roman": "tànxiǎn",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探险"
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "udforske"
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "undersøge"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "onderzoeken"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "bestuderen"
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{
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "navorsen"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "exploreren"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "napluizen"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "uitpluizen"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "uitzoeken"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "aftasten"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplori"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "tutkia"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorer"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "erforschen"
},
{
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andhruskan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exerevnó",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "εξερευνώ"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חיפש"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés l'varér",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חיפש לברר"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khakár",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חקר"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "badák",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "בדק"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amék",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "התעמק"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'asék",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "התעסק"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anveṣaṇ karnā",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "अन्वेषण करना"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "megvizsgál"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "kutat"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "investigare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "indagare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "analizzare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "sondare"
},
{
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"alt": "たんけんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanken suru",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探検する"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ruk rɔɔk",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "រុករក"
},
{
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"roman": "səəp",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ស៊ើប"
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{
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "krɑɑvɛɛl",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ក្រវែល"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamheomhada",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "탐험하다"
},
{
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa wǣng",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ສແວງ"
},
{
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa wǣng",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ສະແວງ"
},
{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "speculor"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "istražuva",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "истражува"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "whakatōmene"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "hōpara"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "tōmene"
},
{
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "sudlax",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "судлах"
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{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "utforske"
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{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
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{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâvoš kardan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "کاوش کردن"
},
{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ektešâf kardan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "اکتشاف کردن"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "badać"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "a explora"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "isslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "иссле́довать"
},
{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "истражи́вати"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
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"perfective"
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{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
],
"word": "istrážiti"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "skúmať"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "utforska"
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{
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎm-rùuat",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "สำรวจ"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "araştırmak"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doslídžuvaty",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дослі́джувати"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doslidýty",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "досліди́ти"
},
{
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"alt": "探險",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "thám hiểm"
},
{
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "palıknayen"
}
]
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"examples": [
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"text": "It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.",
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"(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery."
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"word": "explorar"
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{
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"code": "da",
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"word": "udforske"
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{
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "tage på opdagelsesrejse"
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"word": "tutkia"
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{
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"word": "explorar"
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 78 4 7 3 2 2",
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"word": "erforschen"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 78 4 7 3 2 2",
"code": "hu",
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{
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{
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"word": "explorar"
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{
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"code": "da",
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"word": "undersøge"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 17 4 69 5 2 2 1",
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"word": "investigare"
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{
"_dis1": "2 17 4 69 5 2 2 1",
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"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "indagare"
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{
"_dis1": "2 17 4 69 5 2 2 1",
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"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
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"perfective"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"text": "The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.",
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"4": "explōrāre",
"5": "to investigate, search out"
},
"expansion": "Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ex-",
"3": "",
"4": "out"
},
"expansion": "ex- (“out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "plōrō",
"3": "plōrāre",
"4": "to cry"
},
"expansion": "plōrāre (“to cry”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pluō",
"3": "pluere",
"4": "to flow"
},
"expansion": "pluere (“to flow”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning \"to set up a loud cry\", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as \"to make to flow\" (from pluere (“to flow”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "explores",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "exploring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "explored",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "explored",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ex‧plore"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "exploration"
},
{
"word": "explorative"
},
{
"word": "exploratory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To seek for something or after someone."
],
"links": [
[
"seek",
"seek"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To examine or investigate something systematically."
],
"links": [
[
"examine",
"examine"
],
[
"investigate",
"investigate"
],
[
"systematically",
"systematically"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To travel somewhere in search of discovery."
],
"links": [
[
"travel",
"travel"
],
[
"discovery",
"discovery"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"To examine diagnostically."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"diagnostically",
"diagnostically"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To (seek) experience first hand."
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"first hand",
"first hand"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To wander without any particular aim or purpose."
],
"links": [
[
"wander",
"wander"
],
[
"aim",
"aim"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats."
],
"links": [
[
"variety",
"variety"
],
[
"sow one's wild oats",
"sow one's wild oats"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsploə/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-explore.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/En-us-explore.ogg/En-us-explore.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/En-us-explore.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭksplôʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭksplôrʹ"
},
{
"enpr": "ĭksplōrʹ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "examine or investigate systematically",
"word": "delve into"
},
{
"sense": "examine or investigate systematically",
"word": "research"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istakšafa",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "اِسْتَكْشَفَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hetazotel",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "հետազոտել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "usumnasirel",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ուսումնասիրել"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplorar"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dasljédavacʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дасле́даваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dasljédvacʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дасле́дваць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izslédvam",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изсле́двам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tànsuǒ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探索"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探險"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tànxiǎn",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探险"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zkoumat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prozkoumat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bádat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "probádat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "udforske"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "undersøge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "onderzoeken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "bestuderen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "navorsen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "exploreren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "napluizen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "uitpluizen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "uitzoeken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "aftasten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplori"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "erforschen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andhruskan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exerevnó",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "εξερευνώ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חיפש"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés l'varér",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חיפש לברר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khakár",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "חקר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "badák",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "בדק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amék",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "התעמק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'asék",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "התעסק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anveṣaṇ karnā",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "अन्वेषण करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "megvizsgál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "kutat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "investigare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "indagare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "analizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "sondare"
},
{
"alt": "たんけんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanken suru",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "探検する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ruk rɔɔk",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "រុករក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "səəp",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ស៊ើប"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krɑɑvɛɛl",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ក្រវែល"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamheomhada",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "탐험하다"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa wǣng",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ສແວງ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa wǣng",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "ສະແວງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "speculor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "istražuva",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "истражува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "whakatōmene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "hōpara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "tōmene"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sudlax",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "судлах"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "utforske"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâvoš kardan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "کاوش کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ektešâf kardan",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "اکتشاف کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "badać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbadać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "a explora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "isslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "иссле́довать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "истражи́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "истра́жити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "istražívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "istrážiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "skúmať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "preskúmať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bádať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prebádať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poizvedovati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "poizvedeti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "raziskovati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "raziskati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "utforska"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎm-rùuat",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "สำรวจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "araştırmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doslídžuvaty",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дослі́джувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doslidýty",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "досліди́ти"
},
{
"alt": "探險",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "thám hiểm"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to examine or investigate something systematically",
"word": "palıknayen"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hetazotel",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "հետազոտել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hetaxuzel",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "հետախուզել"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "esplorar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "udforske"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "tage på opdagelsesrejse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "verkennen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "exploreren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "op/een ontdekkingsreis gaan naar/maken in"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "erforschen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khakár",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "חקר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tar",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "תר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "felfedez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "kalandozik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
"alt": "さぐる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saguru",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "探る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explōrō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "teroka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "hōpara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "whakatōmene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "torohē"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "isslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "иссле́довать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "utforska"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "keşfetmek"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to travel somewhere in search of discovery",
"word": "keşf kerden"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izučávam",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изуча́вам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "udforske"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "verkennen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "exploreren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "kokeilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "explorer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "erforschen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitnasá",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "התנסה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "felfedez"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izučátʹ",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изуча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izučítʹ",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изучи́ть"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "incelemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"possibly"
],
"word": "tetkik etmek"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to (seek) experience first hand",
"word": "barıyayış"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregléždam",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прегле́ждам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "undersøge"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "eksplorere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "diagnosticeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "untersuchen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "megvizsgál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "investigare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "indagare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "examinar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osmátrivatʹ",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "осма́тривать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osmotrétʹ",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осмотре́ть"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to examine diagnostically",
"word": "muayene etmek"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "explorar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "op verkenning zijn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "exploreren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "(aan) exploratie doen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "kokeilla"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "esplorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses",
"word": "vagare"
}
],
"word": "explore"
}
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"2": "frm",
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"name": "der"
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"2": "la",
"3": "explōrō",
"4": "explōrāre",
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"2": "plōrō",
"3": "plōrāre",
"4": "to cry"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pluō",
"3": "pluere",
"4": "to flow"
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"name": "m"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning \"to set up a loud cry\", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as \"to make to flow\" (from pluere (“to flow”)).",
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"ref": "2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage",
"text": "Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.",
"type": "quotation"
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"An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like."
],
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"(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like."
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"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplɔː/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
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"ipa": "/ɪkˈsploə/",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/En-us-explore.ogg",
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{
"enpr": "ĭksplôʹ"
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{
"enpr": "ĭksplôrʹ"
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{
"enpr": "ĭksplōrʹ"
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],
"word": "explore"
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