explores

Verb

explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
   • The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.

   Synonyms:

   delve into, research

3. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
   • It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
4. (intransitive) To examine diagnostically.
5. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
   • It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
6. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
   • He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.

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