noun
Meaning 1
The process of exploring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exploration
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: ĕks’plərā′shən
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US: /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A physical examination of a patient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
to travel for the purpose of discovery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geographic expedition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expedition
noun
Meaning 6
a careful systematic search
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: search, hunt, hunting
Narrower terms: probe
noun
Meaning 7
a systematic consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he called for a careful exploration of the consequences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consideration
History
Etymology
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: eksplorim — act of exploring
- Arabic: اِسْتِكْشَاف (istikšāf) — act of exploring
- Armenian: հետազոտություն (hetazotutʻyun) — act of exploring
- Armenian: ուսումնասիրություն (usumnasirutʻyun) — act of exploring
- Azerbaijani: tədqiqat — act of exploring
- Azerbaijani: kəşfiyyat — act of exploring
- Belarusian: дасле́даванне (dasljédavannje) — act of exploring
- Belarusian: дасле́дванне (dasljédvannje) — act of exploring
- Bulgarian: изсле́дване (izslédvane) — act of exploring
- Catalan: exploració — act of exploring
- Chinese Mandarin: 勘探 (kāntàn) — act of exploring
- Chinese Mandarin: 勘察 (kānchá) — act of exploring
- Czech: průzkum — act of exploring
- Danish: udforskning — act of exploring
- Danish: undersøgelse — act of exploring
- Dutch: verkenning — act of exploring
- Dutch: exploratie — act of exploring
- Esperanto: esplorado — act of exploring
- Estonian: uurimine — act of exploring
- Finnish: tutkiminen — act of exploring
- Finnish: tutkimus — act of exploring
- Finnish: tutkimusmatka — act of exploring
- French: exploration — act of exploring
- Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — act of exploring
- German: Erkundung — act of exploring
- German: Erforschung — act of exploring
- German: Untersuchung — act of exploring
- Greek: εξερεύνηση (exerévnisi) — act of exploring
- Hungarian: felfedezés — act of exploring
- Indonesian: eksplorasi — act of exploring
- Irish: taiscéalaíocht — act of exploring
- Italian: esplorazione — act of exploring
- Japanese: 探検 (tanken) — act of exploring
- Japanese: 探査 (tansa) — act of exploring
- Japanese: 精査 (seisa) — act of exploring
- Japanese: 探究 (tankyū) — act of exploring
- Korean: 탐험 (tamheom) — act of exploring
- Korean: 탐사 (tamsa) — act of exploring
- Korean: 답사 (dapsa) — act of exploring
- Korean: 탐구 (tamgu) — act of exploring
- Latvian: pētījums — act of exploring
- Lithuanian: tyrinėjimas — act of exploring
- Macedonian: истражување (istražuvanje) — act of exploring
- Malay: penjelajahan — act of exploring
- Malay: penerokaan — act of exploring
- Mongolian: судалгаа (sudalgaa) — act of exploring
- Norwegian Bokmål: utforskning — act of exploring
- Norwegian Bokmål: utforsking — act of exploring
- Norwegian Nynorsk: utforsking — act of exploring
- Persian: کاوش (kâvoš) — act of exploring
- Persian: اکتشاف (ektešâf) — act of exploring
- Polish: eksploracja — act of exploring
- Polish: badanie — act of exploring
- Portuguese: exploração — act of exploring
- Romanian: explorare — act of exploring
- Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — act of exploring
- Russian: изуче́ние (izučénije) — act of exploring
- Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh — act of exploring
- Serbo-Croatian: истражи́ва̄ње — act of exploring
- Serbo-Croatian: istražívānje — act of exploring
- Slovak: prieskum — act of exploring
- Slovene: raziskovanje — act of exploring
- Spanish: exploración — act of exploring
- Swedish: utforskning — act of exploring
- Tagalog: panggagalugad — act of exploring
- Tagalog: eksplorasyon — act of exploring
- Tajik: иктишоф (iktišof) — act of exploring
- Tajik: тадкиқ (tadkiq) — act of exploring
- Tajik: таҳқиқ (tahqiq) — act of exploring
- Tajik: тафтиш (taftiš) — act of exploring
- Turkish: keşif — act of exploring
- Ukrainian: дослі́дження (doslídžennja) — act of exploring
- Ukrainian: дослі́джування (doslídžuvannja) — act of exploring
- Uzbek: tekshirish — act of exploring
- Bulgarian: проу́чване (proúčvane) — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Danish: udforskning — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Danish: opdagelse — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Dutch: exploratie — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Dutch: ontdekkingsreis — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Dutch: ontdekkingstocht — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Finnish: löytöretki — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Finnish: tutkimusretki — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Finnish: tutkimusmatka — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- German: Entdeckungsreise — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- German: Erkundung — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- German: Erforschung — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Indonesian: eksplorasi — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- Swedish: upptäcktsresa — penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
- German: Exploration — geological (mineral) exploration
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