Definition of exploration
:the act or an instance of exploring
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Examples of exploration in a Sentence
a topic for scholarly exploration
the early exploration of the West
early explorations of the West
Recent Examples of exploration from the Web
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The number of Texas oil rigs has been rising over the past year, giving a big lift to exploration and chemical manufacturing jobs.
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Creativity, innovation and exploration have a special place in the Sycamore Community School District.
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The wonders of the night sky are targeted for exploration at a Stargazing program in the Kemil Beach parking lot at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Collective Retreats is a group of glamping getaways that creates personalized experiences (culinary, events, local exploration) for each party that visits.
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The mission quite possibly represents the end of an era of space exploration in which the main goal is observation rather than commercialization.
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Sendak often described his work as an exploration of how children understand their own feelings of fear, anger, frustration, and boredom.
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Ary would later serve two years in prison for auctioning off items that were shown to belong to the museum — an institution that still credits him for building its world-class space exploration collection.
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Rearrange your environment Be sure your house is set up to maximize exploration.
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First Known Use of exploration
1537
exploration Synonyms
Synonyms
delving, disquisition, examen, examination, inquiry, inquest, inquisition, investigation, probation, probe, probing, research, studyRelated Words
quest; audit, check; checkup, diagnosis, inspection; hearing, interrogation, trial; feeler, query, question; poll, questionary, questionnaire, survey; challenge, cross-examination, going-over, grilling, quiz; rehearing, reinvestigation; self-examination, self-exploration, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, soul-searchingEXPLORATION Defined for English Language Learners
exploration
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noun
Definition of exploration for English Language Learners
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: the act of exploring something
EXPLORATION Defined for Kids
exploration
play
noun
ex·plo·ra·tion
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ˌek-splə-ˈrā-shən
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Definition of exploration for Students
:the act or an instance of searching through or into
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