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exploratory.

Serving to explore or investigate.

11 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/UK/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/UK/ɪkˈ-/UK/ɛkˈsploɹ.əˌtoɹ.i/Canada, General-American

  1. Serving to explore or investigate.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore English -atory English exploratory From explore + -atory.

noun/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/UK/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/UK/ɪkˈ-/UK/ɛkˈsploɹ.əˌtoɹ.i/Canada, General-American

  1. An exploration or investigation.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore English -atory English exploratory From explore + -atory.

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