exploration
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
The English word “exploration” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The process of exploring.
- The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
- The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
- A physical examination of a patient.
Etymology
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation.
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More English words
- explorable
- explorable explanation
- explorably
- explorate
- explorational
- explorationist
- explorative
- exploratively
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