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ex·plo·ra·tion

(ĕk′splə-rā′shən)

The act or an instance of exploring: Arctic exploration; exploration of new theories.

ex·plor′a·to′ry (ĭk-splôr′ə-tôr′ē) adj.

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ex•plor•a•to•ry

(ɪkˈsplɔr əˌtɔr i, -ˈsploʊr əˌtoʊr i)

also ex•plor′a•tive,

adj.

pertaining to or concerned with exploration: exploratory surgery.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Latin]

ex•plor′a•tive•ly, adv.

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Adj.

exploratory - serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"

explorative

nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory - not exploratory

exploratory

adjective investigative, trial, searching, probing, experimental, analytic, fact-finding Exploratory surgery revealed that she had cancer of the liver.

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Translations

إسْتِكْشافي

efterforsknings-undersøgelses-

erforschendexplorativforschend

exploratoire exploration

rannsóknar-, könnunar-

esplorativo

granskings-undersøkelses-

keşfetmeye yönelik

探测的考察的

exploratory

[eksˈplɒrətərɪ] ADJ [surgery, research, study] → exploratorio; [discussions] → preliminares, de tanteo; [drilling] → de sondeo

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exploratory

[ɪkˈsplɒrətəri] adj

[surgery] → explorateur/trice
exploratory operation → intervention f exploratrice, intervention f à visée exploratrice

[talks] → préliminaire

[expedition] → d'exploration

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exploratory

adj approach, stage → exploratorisch; exploratory talks or discussions/meeting → Sondierungsgespräche pl → /-gespräch nt; he emphasized that the talks were only exploratory → er betonte, dass es sich nur um Sondierungsgespräche handelte; exploratory trip/expedition → Erkundungsfahrt f → /-expedition f; exploratory digging/drilling → Probegrabungen pl → /-bohrungen pl; exploratory work → Vorarbeiten pl; exploratory surgery, an exploratory operation (Med) → eine Explorationsoperation

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exploratory

[ɪksˈplɒrət/ərɪ] adj (talks) → esplorativo/a; (expedition) → d'esplorazione; (step, discussion) → preliminare
exploratory operation (Med) → intervento esplorativo

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explore

(ikˈsploː) verb

1. to search or travel through (a place) for the purpose of discovery. The oceans have not yet been fully explored; Let's go exploring in the caves.

2. to examine carefully. I'll explore the possibilities of getting a job here.

exploration (ekspləˈreiʃən) noun

a journey of exploration.

exˈploratory (-ˈsplorə-) adjective

for the purpose of exploration or investigation. an exploratory expedition.

exˈplorer noun

a person who explores unknown regions. explorers in space.

ex·plor·a·to·ry

a. exploratorio-a, rel. a una exploración.

exploratory

adj (surg) explorador

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Letherall was a large man in spectacles, who one day took my small head between his large hands, and pressed it here and there in an exploratory, auspicious manner--then placed each of his great thumbs on my temples, and pushed me a little way from him, and stared at me with glittering spectacles.

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The Bureau of Land Management authorized a limestone quarry north of Glenwood Springs, Colo., to drill 15 exploratory holes to search for additional mineral resources, prompting concerns about a lack of public involvement in the federal agency's decision-making process on the controversial quarry.

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