exploration
//ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- explorations
Definitions
1.The process of exploring.
- By this time, largely inspired by The Railway Magazine, I had begun to spread my wings, and had started on a long career of railway exploration.
2.The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
- The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
3.A physical examination of a patient.
4.The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4264
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio.
Morphologically explore + -ation.