# exploring

Pronunciation: US say "ik-SPLOR-ing" /ɪkˈsploɹɪŋ/; UK say "ik-SPLAW-ring" /ɪkˈsplɔːɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of explore. — present participle and gerund of explore
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of explore. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the activity.
   - _The team is exploring several possible solutions to the problem._
   - _Exploring unfamiliar cities is one of her favorite pastimes._

## Noun

2. The act of searching through or moving around an unfamiliar place in order to learn what it holds.
   - Simple: The act of looking around a place you don't know to learn more about it.
   - _A lifetime of exploring had given the old sailor stories from every continent._
   - _The grant funds deep-sea exploring along the volcanic ridges._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exploring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).