"exploring" meaning in English

See exploring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-us-exploring.ogg [US] Forms: explorings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exploring (plural explorings)
  1. The action of the verb explore.
    Sense id: en-exploring-en-noun-tInJNyhN

Verb

Audio: en-us-exploring.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} exploring
  1. present participle and gerund of explore Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: explore
    Sense id: en-exploring-en-verb-QUW8ZSN9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95

Inflected forms

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