explore

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (for sth) to travel to or around an area or a country in order to learn about it: [VN] The city is best explored on foot. + They explored the land to the south of the Murray river. + [V] As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore. + companies exploring for (= searching for) oil
2 [VN] to examine sth completely or carefully in order to find out more about it: These ideas will be explored in more detail in chapter 7.
3 [VN] to feel sth with your hands or another part of the body: She explored the sand with her toes.
See also - UNEXPLORED

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 survey, tour, travel, reconnoitre, traverse:

They are on safari, exploring the Congo.

2 investigate, scrutinize, examine, inquire or enquire into, inspect, probe, search, research, look into, study, analyse, review, observe:

We ought to explore the possibility of your working for us.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ travel around an area

VERB + EXPLORE

be keen to, want to, wish to | be free to

In the afternoon you'll be free to explore a little on your own.

PREP.

for

exploring for oil

² think about sth in detail

ADV.

extensively | briefly | fully, thoroughly

These questions have not been fully explored yet.

| properly, systematically | carefully, in detail

This idea is worth exploring in some detail.

| further | usefully

The film usefully explores some of the issues surrounding adoption.

VERB + EXPLORE

need to | be keen to, want to, wish to | aim to, seek to | begin to, continue to

Concise English dictionary

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explores|explored|exploringɪk'splɔː
verb
+inquire into
+travel to or penetrate into
+examine minutely
+examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes