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exploratory is an adjective meaning "serving in or intended for exploration or discovery". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exploratory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.