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explorations

explorations is the plural of exploration.

Meaning of exploration

Noun

exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)

  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.1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459
  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. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
  4. A physical examination of a patient.

Phrases with explorations

Questions about explorations

What is explorations the plural of?
Explorations is the plural of exploration.

Words near explorations in the dictionary

  1. explorate
  2. exploration
  3. explorational
  4. explorationist
  5. explorationists
  6. explorations
  7. explorative
  8. exploratively
  9. explorativeness
  10. explorator
  11. exploratoria

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