exploration

1. 1.

   to travel for the purpose of discovery

   Synonymsgeographic expedition

   Broaderexpedition
2. 2.

   a careful systematic search

   Broadersearch

   Narrowerprobe
3. 3.

   a systematic consideration

   “he called for a careful exploration of the consequences”

   Broaderconsideration

Other forms of exploration

plural

explorations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about exploration

What does exploration mean?

exploration means "to travel for the purpose of discovery". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exploration?

exploration has 4 syllables: ex-plo-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌɛksplɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for exploration?

Close synonyms include geographic expedition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exploration a common word?

exploration is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exploration?

133 words rhyme with exploration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.