explore

Definition

To travel through a place in order to learn about it, or to examine something carefully to understand it better. It can also mean to try out different options or ideas before deciding.

Etymology

From Latin *explorare* ‘to search out, investigate’, possibly from *ex-* (‘out’) and *plorare* (‘to cry out’). Early explorers were literally scouts calling out their discoveries.

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