Collocations for "explore"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "explore" in context.
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explore
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- explore the [city, forest, world, outdoors, seas]
- explored the [island, region, territory]
- explore [a virgin, an undiscovered] island
- (who) explored the [continent, Antarctic, Americas]
- explore the unknown
- explore the [idea, theory, concept] of
- exploring new [ideas, concepts]
- explore the [possibility, possibilities] of
- explore the [issue, problem, solution]
- explore your [options, possibilities]
- explore (it) in [more, greater]
- explore (it) in [detail, depth]
- explore a [variety, range, number] of
- explore and [develop, learn, refine, understand]
- explore by [subject, region, topic, category]
- explore to [determine, ensure, help, provide]
- have the [opportunity, option] to explore
- give you [room, time, more] to explore
- explored [on foot, by car]
- explore [in space, a planet, on Mars]
- explore with [satellites, probes, spacecraft]
- explore at sea
- explore on your own
'explore' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):