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Explore

Definitions: Explore

Explore

Verb

1. Inquire into.

2. Travel to or penetrate into; of unknown territory, for scientific purposes.

3. Examine minutely.

4. Examine for diagnostic purposes, as of organs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "explore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Explore \Ex*plore"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Explored; present participle verb or noun Exploring.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Explore

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

To follow the contours of a pattern. The terms describe the action of the tracing member(tracer or copying roller)of a copying attachment. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Explore

Synonyms: research (v), search (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Explore

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Experiment

Try one's fortune; (adventure); explore; (inquire).

Inquiry

Look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round; look over, go over, look through, go through; spy, overhaul.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Explore

English words defined with "explore": Admiral ByrdBurton, Byrdcaveexpedition, Explorate, Explored, ExploringGeorge Hubert WilkinsJohn Hanning Spekeleemap, muckrakeprobe, prospectreconnoiter, reconnoitre, re-explore, Richard Burton, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrdscout, Sebastian Vizcaino, Shelton Jackson Lee, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, space program, Speke, spelunk, Spike LeeTo search out, tongueVizcainoWilkins. (references)
Specialty definitions using "explore": Advanced Composition Explorer, Autonomous Nano Technology Swarmbore holeC Programmer's DiseaseDeep Blue, dip compass, drill aheadeducational theory, Exploratory BehaviorGEOPHYSICAL-LABORATORY CHIEFImager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration, iterative deepeningJoint Education InitiativeMineral Lands and Mining, mouse around, Multi-User Shared HallucinationNahbi, nondeterminismR&D measure, research and development measurescout hole, sound probe, sump winzeTEACHER, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, theory of educationusual mining privileges. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Explore" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (explores).

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Modern Usage: Explore

DomainUsage

Screenplays

There's nothing left to explore! (The Truman Show; writing credit: Andrew Niccol)

By late in the 21st century, the nations of the Earth were finally at peace, working together to explore and colonize the distant reaches of space. (Enemy Mine; writing credit: Barry Longyear; Edward Khmara)

This is a story of tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, when men have built a station in space, constructed in the form of a great wheel, and set a thousand miles out from the Earth, fixed by gravity, and turning about the world every two hours, serving a double purpose: an observation post in the heavens, and a place where a spaceship can be assembled, and then launched to explore other planets, and the vast universe itself, in the last and greatest adventure of mankind, the plunge toward the (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

When you have to explore every nighteven the most beautiful things that you find can be the most painful. ('Round Midnight; writing credit: David Rayfiel; Bertrand Tavernier)

Well, Harry and I wanted to explore the station. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

Lyrics

To Explore My Body (Rock the Boat; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Movie/TV Titles

La Caméra explore le temps: La terreur et la vertu: Robespierre (1964)

Caméra explore le temps: La terreur et la vertu: Danton (1964)

La Caméra explore le temps: La vérité sur l'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1963)

Caméra explore le temps: L'affaire Calas (1963)

La Caméra explore le temps: L'énigme de Saint-Leu (1962)

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Commercial Usage: Explore

DomainTitle

Books

  • Explore New Zealand: Over 60 Scenic Driving Tours (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Large Format - Explore the World 2 Gift Pack=Africa: The Serengeti/Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature/Mysteries of Egypt/Mystery of the Maya/Tropical Rainforest (reference)

  • Let's Explore...Furry, Fishy, Feathery Friends (reference)

  • Life After High School: Explore Your Options (reference)

  • Muppet Babies: Explore with Us (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Explore

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Photo Album: Explore

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Pictured in this laboratory setting are scientists looking at a lighted slide of proteins and analyzing it. They are wearing lab coats and studying it intently. Knowing how the genetic code relates to the proteins made by the body is an important tool for scientists in their new technology, as they continue to explore the nature of the cancer cell.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The Maryland Science Center's new Outer Space Place offers visitors a chance to explore the ...Credit: NASA.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is allowing several teams of astronomers to explore Io ...Credit: NASA.

Explore the World with SeaWiFS at 4 kilometer resolution.Credit: NASA.

Sidescan sonar system on SURVEYOR Used to explore for offshore extension of San Andreas Fault.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Recovery of sidescan sonar system on SURVEYOR Used to explore for offshore extension of San Andreas Fault.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Penguins explore snow-dunes in Antarctica.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Hikers explore a canyon in Arizona public lands.Credit: Unknown.

The Agua Fria National Monument is only 40 miles outside of Phoenix. It can be accessed by taking Interstate 17 to Badger Springs or Bloody Basin Road. There are great photo opportunities and interesting places to explore.Credit: John Beckett.

Animal behavioral paradigms used to explore the positive and negative reinforcing actions of alcohol and other drugs.Credit: NIAA.

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Sounds Captioned with "Explore".

PlayCaption
Organ; science; television; TV; cosmic; outer space; nova; exploration; explore.
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Familiar Quotations: Explore

AuthorQuotation

Henry David Thoreau

Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.

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Historic Usage: Explore

AuthorDateQuotation

John F. Kennedy

1961

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring these problems which divide us. (reference)

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Use in Literature: Explore

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

While they are with us, we shall explore a great deal, I dare say.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Not explore the whole, not study the whole, stop by the way, why?

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Only the trained diver can go down into those depths and explore them and come to the surface again.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Explore

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Coronary angiography (or arteriography) is a test used to explore the coronary arteries. (references)

Explore improved diagnostic and therapeutic technology through collaboration with bioengineers. (references)

Stimulation programs can bring this valuable experience to the child who is physically unable to explore. (references)

Business

Companies should explore flexible financing options with commercial banks. (references)

The SBA assists businesses in obtaining the capital needed to explore, establish or expand international markets. (references)

The market is dominated by the French suppliers, the only U.S. smart card manufacturer known to explore the Hungarian market is Spyrus. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

This has led American franchisers to explore the market in ever-greater depth. (references)

Lithuania

U.S. companies should explore these markets for equipment and service supply opportunities. (references)

Malaysia

Apparently, U.S. universities are not keen to explore overseas markets, such as Malaysia's. (references)

Human Rights

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Government has not taken any concrete steps to protect witnesses, judges, and jurors, although it continued to explore the possibility of a program to do so through the Caribbean Community. (references)

Minorities

Russia

Such sentiment has led to a formal ban on "Wahhabism" in Dagestan and to overtures in the Duma to explore the possibility of a similar national law. (references)

Political Economy

ALGERIA

U.S. technology and expertise are prized as a means to explore and exploit these resources. (references)

Trade

India

According to experts, India and the USA should carefully explore possibilities for a free trade arrangement. (references)

Brazil

Since February 1995, the Brazilian Government has granted concessions to private companies to explore commercially some of the activities formerly reserved to state-owned companies (electricity generation, road repair). (references)

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a member of both the SADC, a 14 nation grouping that has begun to explore greater economic/trade cooperation and eventual "regional economic integration, and the 22 nation Preferential Trade Area (PTA) of Eastern and Southern Africa, which provides for reduced duties on imports from member countries. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Explore different markets - be flexible to change from partnership to technology transfer or royalty provisions. (references)

Uzbekistan

CS Tashkent has the goal of assisting U.S. business people with the logistical support necessary to explore business opportunities and conduct business in this young emerging market. (references)

Uzbekistan

Through this service, the Commercial Service's experienced industry specialists will help you schedule meetings with key contacts in government and the business community so that you can market your products and services and explore investment opportunities. (references)

Worker Rights

Benin

Also in August, the city of Cotonou hosted a subregional conference of West African police chiefs to discuss their broad array of trafficking cases, including women and children, and to explore ways to better integrate their enforcement and interdiction efforts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Explore

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Victoria Principal

I come from an era where I had to do it by the seat of my pants, but I've very grateful that I'm having the opportunity to mentor younger women and nurture them and see them explore areas that weren't necessarily open to me.

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Speeches: Explore

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953I am asking the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor to explore jointly methods for stimulating new industries, particularly in areas with surplus agricultural labor.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969New laboratories and centers will help our schools-help them lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974As we explore the reaches of space, let us go to the new worlds together--not as new worlds to be conquered, but as a new adventure to be shared.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977We must explore every reasonable prospect for meeting our energy needs when our current domestic reserves of oil and natural gas begin to dwindle in the next decade.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We, therefore, want to explore a variety of paratransit modes, various types of buses, modern rapid transit, regional rail systems and light rail systems.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We're also prepared to carefully explore serious Soviet proposals.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Even as we explore this inner space in a new millennium we're going to open new frontiers in outer space.

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Usage Frequency: Explore

"Explore" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 86.77% of the time. "Explore" is used about 2,168 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)86.77%1,8814,542
Lexical Verb (base form)11.75%25518,554
Noun (singular)1.2%2668,323
Noun (proper)0.28%6143,867
                    Total100.00%2,168N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Explore

Expressions using "explore": explore the cause of the problem explore thoroughly. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "explore": I-explore.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Explore

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
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per Day

  explore minnesota

422

  explore window

13

  explore

380

  dora explore.com

13

  explore msn

90

  dsl explore internet sbc yahoo

13

  internet explore

89

  ftp explore

12

  dora the explore

52

  download explore internet

12

  explore passion

41

  6.0 explore internet

12

  explore mn

28

  explore fcat

11

  explore louis st

26

  enternet explore microsoft

11

  5.5 explore internet

22

  6 explore

10

  explore magazine

19

  explore jesus power

9

  explore worldwide

18

  explore nova scotia

9

  explore i invite

17

  6.0 explore

9

  explore wisconsin

17

  explore alberta

9

  explore ieee

17

  explore okoboji

9

  explore inter net

16

  explore aol game

8

  explore minnesota.com

16

  explore park

8

  as audio endeavoured explore have many visual we

16

  explore branson

8

  explore the world

16

  explore mode nethack

8

  enternet explore

15

  explore update

7

  dial explore internet sbc yahoo

13

  explore internet msn

7
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Modern Translations: Explore

Language Translations for "explore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

ondersoek (examination, examine, exploration, investigate, investigation, research, test). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

eksploroj, zbuloj (bare, belie, bewray, blurt out, bring out, bring to light, catch, contrive, descry, detect, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, distil, distill, divine, divulge, enucleate, ferret, ferret about, ferret out, find, find out, hit, hunt down, invent, look out, open, proclaim, puzzle out, rat, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, rummage, trace, uncloak, uncover, uncurtain, unearth, unlock, unveil), studioj (learn, observe, read, read up, research, search, study, survey), shqyrtoj (analyse, analyze, assay, bolt, call, canvass, case, check, check over, debate, discuss, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, moot, peruse, process, scrutinize, see, see into, study, talk over, think out, traverse, vet, view), bëj kërkime. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فحص (assay, calibrate, check, check up, checking, control, examination, examine, exploration, inquire about, inquire into, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation, look into, overhaul, probe, quiz, scrutinize, search, search for, search into, searching, see, sound, survey, test, vet, view), ‏قام بدراسة أولية, ‏تحرى (detection, find), ‏سبر (exploration, plumb, probe, search, sound), ‏إستكشف (reconnoiter, reconnoitre, scout, scout about, search), ‏إستطلع (probe, recognize, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, spy), ‏راد (prospect, repulsive), ‏بحث (brochure, cast about, consideration, discuss, discussion, disquisition, drilling for, examine, exploration, fumble, hunt for, inquest, inquire, inquisition, investigate, investigation, look, look for, looking for, poke about, probe, prospection, pry, pursue, quest, research, retrieve, rummage, scrounge, scrutinize, search, see, see into, seek, seeking, sought, spy, study, talk over, think through, treatise, try, ventilate). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сондирам (approach, probe, search), проучвам (bottom, examine, inspect, investigate, probe, prospect, quarry, read up, research, scout, see about, see into, sound out, study, survey, turn over, vet), изучавам (educate, examine, master, probe, read, read up, study), изследвам (dig, examine, inquire, inquire into, inspect, investigate, probe, prospect, research, scan, search, study, survey, test). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

探索 (Explored, Exploring). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zpytovat, prozkoumat (analyse, examine, go into, go through, inspect, look into, overlook, probe, reconnoitre, scan, scrutinize, survey), probádat, posoudit (assess, evaluate, Gage, gauge, judge, review, size up, survey, weigh up, write up). (various references)

   

Danish

  

undersøge (examine, investigate, research). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onderzoeken (examine, investigate, research), nagaan (account, consider, esteem, examine, follow, investigate, regard, research, take into account), exploreren (examine, investigate, research). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

esplori (examine, investigate, research). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

rannsaka (examine, investigate, research), kanna (accredit, audit, check, check up on, examine, investigate, jug, pitcher, research, study, supervise, verify). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کاوش کردن (Delve, Pry), سیاحت کردن (Rubberneck, Safari, Tour), اکتشاف کردن (Prospect). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tutkia (examine, investigate, research, study, test). (various references)

   

French

  

explorer (examine), examiner (examine, to examine). (various references)

   

German

  

untersuchen (analyse, analyze, check, enquire into, examine, go over, inquire into, investigate, look into, pick over, pick through, probe, research, scan, scrutinize, see into, sound out, study, survey, test, to analyse, to analyzeUS, to determine, to examine, to explore, to inspect, verify), erforschen (ascertain, delve, examine, exploring, investigate, probe, prosecute, require into, research, researching, study, to explore). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξερευνώ (probe, reconnoitre, scan). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לחקור (delve, inquire into, probe, quest, scrutinize, search), לבחון (check, essay, examine, see into, survey, test), לב"וק את "ע ין (go into the matter), לסקור (glance, inspect, look, look over, review, scan, survey). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kutat (delve, hunt for, investigate, quest, rake, research, search, seek for, to delve, to explore, to ferret about, to investigate, to probe, to prospect, to quarry, to rake, to scour about), feltár (locate, to bare, to digest, to disclose, to excavate, to expand, to lay bare, to subject, to unfold, unbosom, unfold), felderít (brighten, exhilarate, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, to brighten, to enliven, to exhilarate, to explore, to reconnoiter, to reconnoitre, to retrace, to scour, to scout). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menjelajahi (rove, tour, traverse), mengeksplorasi, mengedari (circle around, encircle), menelusur (investigate, unravel). (various references)

   

Italian

  

esplorare (probe, prospect, scan, scout, scruter, to examine digitally). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

탐구하십시" (delve). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ronsaghey (beat for game, consult; consultation, debate, examine, forage, frisk, investigate, look into, ransack, rifle, rummage, scrutinize, scrutinizing, search, searching). (various references)

   

Maya

  

xawl (to explore). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

utforske. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

investigá (examine, investigate, research), aberiguá (examine, investigate, research). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exploreay

   

Portuguese

  

investigar (burrow, delve, dub, enquire, examine, inquire, investigate, look for, look on, placatory, place, query, rake, rake up, research, rummage, scrutinize, search into, seek, sit on, spy, study, to investigate), explorar (discover, examine, exploit, flay, have to, investigate, milk, pioneer, probe, profiteer, prospect, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, research, scan, utilize, vamp). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

explora (examine, investigate, research, scan, seek), cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, canvass, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, inspect, introspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, pursue, question, reconnoitre, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, seek, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

изучать (be ~ learned, learn, read, scrutinize, study). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

istraživati (enquire, prospect, quest, research), istražiti (investigate, see into). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

explorar (open up, pioneer, probe, scan, scout, scruter, spy out the land). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utforska (espy, fathom, feel, find out, follow up, investigate). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

muayene etmek (check up, examine, go over, go through, inspect, sound, survey, test out), kontrol etmek (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, choke back, choke down, command, control, govern, inspect, keep tabs on, see over, superintend, test), keşfetmek (cipher out, descry, detect, dig out, discover, find, hit off, scout, search out, study out, work out), araxtirmak (examine, investigate, research), araştırmak (analyse, analyze, cast about, cast around, check up, dig, dig up, drag up, dredge for, dredge up, ferret, ferret about, fish, fish around, forage, fossick, go into, hunt after, hunt out, hunt up, inquire, inquire into, investigate, make a study of, poke, probe, quarry, quest, rake, research, research into, root, rout, rummage, search, seek, seek after, seek for, shop, shop for, sound, study, sum up, survey). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

розвідувати (feel out, inquire, prospect, prove, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, scout), зондувати (probe), досліджувати (analyse, analyze, examine, investigate, look into, prospect, research, search). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

fforio (scout, spy), archwilio (audit, examine). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Explore

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

explorandam, explorare, explorarent, explorate, exploratorum, exploraverunt, explorent, rimor, speculantes, specularetur, speculari, speculationi, speculationis, speculator, speculatorum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Explore

LanguageDateSourceJudges Chapter 1, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai parenebalon oikoV israhl kata baiqhl to de onoma thV polewV hn emprosqen louza
Latin405VulgateNam cum obsiderent urbem quae prius Luza vocabatur
Middle English1395WyclifFor whanne thei segedyn the cite, that before was clepid Luza,
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.
Basic English1964OgdenSo they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

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Matched Bible Translations: Explore

LanguageJudges Chapter 1, Verse 23
CroatianI pleme Josipovo uze izviðati Betel. Grad se nekoæ zvao Luz.
DanishDa Josefs Hus udspejdede Betel Byen hed fordum Luz
DutchEn het huis van Jozef bestelde verspieders bij Beth-el; de naam nu dezer stad was te voren Luz.
FinnishJa Joosefin heimo vakoilutti Beeteliä - kaupungin nimi oli muinoin Luus -
FrenchLa maison de Joseph fit explorer Béthel, qui s`appelait autrefois Luz.
GermanUnd das Haus Josephs ließ auskundschaften Beth-El, das vorzeiten Lus hieß.
Haitian CreoleYo voye kèk moun an kachèt al wè jan sa ye nan lavil la.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka ditaruh oleh bani Yusuf itu beberapa orang pengintai hampir dengan Bait-el; maka dahulu nama negeri itu Luz.
MaoriA i tuteia a Peteere e te whare o Hohepa. Na, ko te ingoa o taua pa i mua ko Rutu.
NorwegianOg Josefs barn sendte speidere til Betel - byen hette før Luz -
RumanianCei din casa lui Iosif au iscodit Betelul, care mai nainte se chema Luz.
SwedishOch männen av Josefs hus läto bespeja Betel, samma stad som fordom hette Lus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Explore

Derivations

Words beginning with "explore": explored, explorer, explorers, explores. (additional references)

Words ending with "explore": reexplore. (additional references)

Words containing "explore": reexplored, reexplores, unexplored. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Explore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eggsplene, emplor, emplore, esplose, exlpore, exophora, expla, Exploer, explor, exploree, explose, expsore. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Explore"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "explore" (pronounced iksplô"r)
4-p l ô" rdeplore, implore.
3-l ô" rfloor, galore, lore.

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Anagrams: Explore

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-o-p-r-x"

-1 letter: eloper, plexor.

-2 letters: elope, expel, leper, loper, poler, prole, repel.

-3 letters: expo, leer, lope, lore, orle, peel, peer, pele, pole, pore, pree, prex, reel, repo, role, rope.

-4 letters: eel, ere, lee, lex, lop, lox, ole, ope, ore, pee, per, pol, pox, pro, ree, rep, rex, roe.

-5 letters: el, er, ex, lo, oe, op, or, ox.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-l-o-p-r-x"
 

+1 letter: exploder, explored, explorer, explores.

 

+2 letters: complexer, expletory, exploders, exploiter, explorers, metroplex, reexplore, xerophile.

 

+3 letters: exploiters, exportable, extemporal, fourplexes, reexplored, reexplores, unexplored.

 

+4 letters: explorative, extrapolate, metroplexes, overcomplex, overexplain, overexploit, phylloxerae, reexploring, xerophilies.

 

+5 letters: expressional, extemporally, extrapolated, extrapolates, heteroduplex, hypercomplex, overexplains, overexplicit, overexploits, praxeologies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Explore


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 78 70 6C 6F 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -..-    .--.    .-..    ---    .-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101111 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#120 &#112 &#108 &#111 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0070 006C 006F 0072 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39908278818471

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Orthography
25. Bibliography


  

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