Aussprachen (7)
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/ɪkˈsplɔː/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɪkˈsploɹ/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
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/ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/
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/ɪkˈsploə/
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ɪkˈsplɔː
Hinweise zur Aussprache
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ɪkˈsplɔɹ
Hinweise zur Aussprache
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ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ
Verb
To seek for something or after someone.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
- außer Gebrauch
To examine or investigate something systematically.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
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Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
To examine diagnostically.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
To (seek) experience first hand.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
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They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
Gebrauch- transitiv
Substantiv
An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
Gebrauch- umgangssprachlich
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Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
Verb
inquire into
- Oberbegriffe
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the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
He searched for information on his relatives on the web
Weitere Beispiele (1)
Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
travel to or penetrate into
- Oberbegriffe
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explore unknown territory in biology
inquire into a subject in detail
examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
- Oberbegriffe