exploration
Pluralexplorations (some meanings)
- 1Traveling through new or unknown places to find out what is there.
Like opening the door to a room that no one has ever seen before.
Hundreds of years ago, sailors went on long voyages of exploration across the ocean.
Space exploration helps us learn about planets far from Earth.
- 2Going through or studying something new to learn more about it.
Young children learn through exploration, touching and testing everything around them.
Our exploration of the old house turned up a box of letters.
Similarexamination, investigation, analysis, study
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- 3Searching an area carefully to find valuable metals or minerals that a company could mine.
The company spent two years on exploration before it opened the copper mine.
Exploration in the hills showed there was not enough gold to make digging worth it.
- 4A careful check of a patient's body to find out what is wrong.
The doctor said gentle exploration of the sore area would show where the pain came from.
Careful exploration of the wound showed a small piece of glass inside.
Similarexamination, inspection, investigation
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Origin
It comes from Middle French exploration, which came from Latin exploratio. It is also formed from explore plus -ation.