exploration

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia exploration (plural explorations)

1. The act of exploring
2. Notably penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery

   The exploration of 'unknown' areas often was the precursor to colonization.

3. A physical examination.

Related terms

• exploratative
• exploratory
• explorer

Translations

act of exploring

• Arabic: استكشاف (ar) (istikshaaf) m
• Bulgarian: изследване (bg) (izsledvane) n
• Catalan: exploració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勘探 (cmn) (kāntàn), 勘察 (cmn) (kānchá)

• Czech: průzkum (cs) m
• Dutch: verkenning (nl) f, exploratie
• Esperanto: esplorado (eo)
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), tutkimus (fi), tutkimusmatka (fi)
• French: exploration (fr) f

• German: Erkundung (de) f
• Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
• Italian: esplorazione (it) f
• Portuguese: exploração (pt) f
• Russian: исследование (ru) (isslédovanije) n, изучение (ru) (izučénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: exploración (es) f
• Swedish: utforskning (sv) c
• Turkish: kâşif (tr)

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

• Bulgarian: проучване (bg) (proučvane) n
• Dutch: exploratie, ontdekkingsreis, ontdekkingstocht

• Swedish: upptäcktsresa (sv) c

physical examination

• Bulgarian: преглед (bg) (pregled) m
• Catalan: exploració (ca) f
• Czech: zkoumání (cs) n
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), tutkimus (fi)

• German: Untersuchung (de) f
• Russian: обследование (ru) (obslédovanije) n, осмотр (ru) (osmótr) m, медосмотр (ru) (medosmótr) m
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh (gd) m
• Swedish: undersökning (sv) c

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• French: exploration (fr) f

• Spanish: exploración (es) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

exploration f (plural explorations)

1. An exploration

Related terms

• explorateur m
• exploratif