Английский Этимологический словарь - explore
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~ v 1 to travel through or examine an area in order to find out what is there or what it is like (Lewis and Clark explored the territory from St Louis to the Pacific. | exploring for gold) 2 to examine or discuss something carefully in order to find out more about it (a theme explored by Mrs. Gaskell in her later novels) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(explores, exploring, explored) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you explore a place, you travel around it to find out what it is like. After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral... We’ve come to this country, let’s explore! VERB: V n, V • exploration (explorations) We devote several days to the exploration of the magnificent Maya sites of Copan... N-VAR 2. If you explore an idea or suggestion, you think about it or comment on it in detail, in order to assess it carefully. The film explores the relationship between artist and instrument. = investigate VERB: V n • exploration I looked forward to the exploration of their theories. N-VAR 3. If people explore an area for a substance such as oil or minerals, they study the area and do tests on the land to see whether they can find it. Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil... VERB: V for n • exploration Oryx is a Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and production concern. N-UNCOUNT 4. If you explore something with your hands or fingers, you touch it to find out what it feels like. He explored the wound with his finger, trying to establish its extent. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~d; exploring) Etymology: Latin explorare, from ex- + plorare to cry out Date: 1585 transitive verb 1. a. to investigate, study, or analyze ; look into ~ the relationship between social class and learning ability — sometimes used with indirect questions to ~ where ethical issues arise — R. T. Blackburn b. to become familiar with by testing or experimenting ~ new cuisines 2. to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery 3. to examine especially for diagnostic purposes ~ the wound intransitive verb to make or conduct a systematic search ~ for oil ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 travel extensively through (a country etc.) in order to learn or discover about it. 2 inquire into; investigate thoroughly. 3 Surgery examine (a part of the body) in detail. Derivatives explorative adj. Etymology: F explorer f. L explorare ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. 1) исследовать, изучать 2) выявлять - explore the economic conditions of that period ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. исследовать, изучать to explore the Antarctica —- исследовать Антарктику to explore a problem —- изучить проблему 2. разведывать, выявлять, выяснять to explore possibilities of reaching an agreement —- выяснить возможности достижения соглашения to explore every avenue —- испробовать все пути (к цели) to explore the economic conditions of the period —- установить (определить) экономические условия того периода 3. горн. геол. разведывать to explore for oil —- вести нефтеразведку 4. мед. исследовать the patient was explored —- больной подвергся исследованию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) исследовать; обследовать; изучать 2) выяснять, разведывать 3) исследовать, зондировать (рану) 4) mining; geol. разведывать Syn: see hunt ...Англо-русский словарь
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