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- Dictionaryexploratory/ɪkˈsplɒrət(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. relating to or involving exploration or investigation: "surgeons performed an exploratory operation"
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done in order to discover more about something: an exploratory expedition to Antarctica. exploratory drilling The oil company will begin exploratory drilling in the area next month. exploratory surgery After exploratory surgery, doctors informed him that the brain tumour was inoperable.
adjective. us / ekˈsplɑː.rə.tɔːr.i / uk / ekˈsplɒr.ə.t ə r.i / Add to word list. done in order to discover more about something: an exploratory expedition to Antarctica. exploratory drilling The oil company will begin exploratory drilling in the area next month.
: of, relating to, or being exploration. exploratory surgery. exploratory drilling for oil. Examples of exploratory in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
adjective. Exploratory actions are done in order to discover something or to learn the truth about something. Exploratory surgery revealed her liver cancer. Two of Britain's biggest rival supermarket chains, have held exploratory talks about collaborating on a distribution centre.
adjective. serving in or intended for exploration or discovery. “an exploratory operation”. “ exploratory reconnaissance”. “digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico”. “ exploratory talks between diplomats”. synonyms: explorative. alpha.
exploratory. adjective. /ɪkˈsplɒrətri/. /ɪkˈsplɔːrətɔːri/. done with the intention of examining something in order to find out more about it. exploratory surgery. exploratory drilling for oil. an exploratory expedition up the Amazon. Exploratory discussions between management and the unions have ended in stalemate.
done in order to discover or learn about something: an exploratory expedition. an exploratory operation. (Definition of exploratory from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of exploratory. in Chinese (Traditional) 探索的, 考察的, 勘探的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 探索的, 考察的, 勘探的… See more. in Spanish.
The earliest known use of the adjective exploratory is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for exploratory is from before 1460, in Knyghthode and Bataile . exploratory is a borrowing from Latin .
exploratory - serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧plor‧a‧to‧ry /ɪkˈsplɒrətəri $ ɪkˈsplɔːrətɔːri/ adjective done in order to find out more about something He’s going to have exploratory surgery on his knee. Examples from the Corpus exploratory • The operations had been mainly exploratory.
