exploration

English

Etymology

From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio Morphologically explore +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ĕks’plərā′shən, IPA^(key): /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)

The process of exploring.
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.
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.

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Translations

act of exploring

Albanian: eksplorim (sq) m
Arabic: اِسْتِكْشَاف m (istikšāf)
Armenian: հետազոտություն (hy) (hetazotutʻyun), ուսումնասիրություն (hy) (usumnasirutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: tədqiqat (az), kəşfiyyat
Belarusian: дасле́даванне n (dasljédavannje), дасле́дванне n (dasljédvannje)
Bulgarian: изсле́дване (bg) n (izslédvane)
Catalan: exploració f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勘探 (zh) (kāntàn), 勘察 (zh) (kānchá)
Czech: průzkum (cs) m
Danish: udforskning c, undersøgelse c
Dutch: verkenning (nl) f, exploratie (nl)
Esperanto: esplorado
Estonian: uurimine
Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), tutkimus (fi), tutkimusmatka (fi)
French: exploration (fr) f
Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva)
German: Erkundung (de) f, Erforschung (de) f, Untersuchung (de) f
Greek: εξερεύνηση (el) f (exerévnisi)
Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
Indonesian: eksplorasi (id)
Italian: esplorazione (it) f
Japanese: 探検 (ja) (たんけん, tanken), 探査 (ja) (たんさ, tansa), 精査 (ja) (せいさ, seisa), 探究 (ja) (たんきゅう, tankyū)
Korean: 탐험(探險) (tamheom), 탐사(探査) (tamsa), 답사(踏査) (ko) (dapsa), 탐구(探究) (tamgu)
Latvian: pētījums m
Lithuanian: tyrinėjimas m
Macedonian: истражување n (istražuvanje)
Malay: penjelajahan, penerokaan
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: судалгаа (mn) (sudalgaa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utforskning m or f, utforsking m or f

Nynorsk: utforsking f
Persian: کاوش (fa) (kâvoš), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf)
Polish: eksploracja (pl) f, badanie (pl) n
Portuguese: exploração (pt) f
Romanian: explorare (ro) f
Russian: иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije), изуче́ние (ru) n (izučénije)
Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: истражи́ва̄ње n

Roman: istražívānje (sh) n
Slovak: prieskum m
Slovene: raziskovanje n
Spanish: exploración (es) f
Swedish: utforskning c
Tajik: иктишоф (iktišof), тадкиқ (tadkiq), таҳқиқ (tahqiq), тафтиш (taftiš)
Turkish: keşif (tr)
Ukrainian: дослі́дження (uk) n (doslídžennja), дослі́джування n (doslídžuvannja)
Uzbek: tekshirish (uz)

penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery

Bulgarian: проу́чване (bg) n (proúčvane)
Danish: udforskning c, opdagelse c
Dutch: exploratie (nl), ontdekkingsreis (nl), ontdekkingstocht (nl)
Finnish: löytöretki (fi), tutkimusretki, tutkimusmatka (fi)
German: Entdeckungsreise (de) f, Erkundung (de) f, Erforschung (de) f
Indonesian: eksplorasi (id)
Swedish: upptäcktsresa (sv) c

geological (mineral) exploration

German: Exploration (de) f

physical examination — see physical examination

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