exploration

noun
ĕks’plərā′shən

The process of exploring.

Other meanings

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
“The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.”
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.

Synonyms

geographic expedition

Related words

explorational
explorationist
reexploration
sexploration
space exploration
urban exploration

Example sentences

“Space exploration opens the door to endless possibilities.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "exploratio".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “exploration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.