Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to explore
Participle: explored
Gerund: exploring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | explore |
| you | explore |
| he;she;it | explores |
| we | explore |
| you | explore |
| they | explore |
Perfect
| I | have explored |
| you | have explored |
| he;she;it | has explored |
| we | have explored |
| you | have explored |
| they | have explored |
Past
| I | explored |
| you | explored |
| he;she;it | explored |
| we | explored |
| you | explored |
| they | explored |
Pluperfect
| I | had explored |
| you | had explored |
| he;she;it | had explored |
| we | had explored |
| you | had explored |
| they | had explored |
Future
| I | will explore |
| you | will explore |
| he;she;it | will explore |
| we | will explore |
| you | will explore |
| they | will explore |
Future Perfect
| I | will have explored |
| you | will have explored |
| he;she;it | will have explored |
| we | will have explored |
| you | will have explored |
| they | will have explored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | explore |
| you | explore |
| he;she;it | explore |
| we | explore |
| you | explore |
| they | explore |
Perfect
| I | have explored |
| you | have explored |
| he;she;it | have explored |
| we | have explored |
| you | have explored |
| they | have explored |
Imperfect
| I | explored |
| you | explored |
| he;she;it | explored |
| we | explored |
| you | explored |
| they | explored |
Pluperfect
| I | had explored |
| you | had explored |
| he;she;it | had explored |
| we | had explored |
| you | had explored |
| they | had explored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would explore |
| you | would explore |
| he;she;it | would explore |
| we | would explore |
| you | would explore |
| they | would explore |
Perfect
| I | would have explored |
| you | would have explored |
| he;she;it | would have explored |
| we | would have explored |
| you | would have explored |
| they | would have explored |
Imperative
| you | explore |
| we | Let's explore |
| you | explore |
Verbs conjugated like 'explore'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'explore'
emplore,
explode,
sexplore,
deplore,
expire,
exploit,
explorate,
expone,
export,
expose,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1450 (implied in
explorator), "to investigate, examine," from L.
explorare "investigate, search out," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from
ex- "out" +
plorare "to cry." But second element also explained as "to make to flow," from
pluere "to flow." Meaning "to go to a country or place in quest of discoveries" is first attested c.1616.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
4. Proto-Indo-European *-s
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
6. Proto-Italic *eks
7. Latin ex
8. Latin ex-
9. Latin plōrō
10. Latin explōrōder.
11. Middle French explorerder.
12. English explore
13. From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian. See: Middle French '
explorer', Latin '
explōrō'.
Verbs referencing "explore"
Esperanto
esplori.
Sample Sentences
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This may serve as a specimen of the game that Cassy played with Legree, until he would sooner have put his head into a lion's mouth than to have explored that garret. Meanwhile, in the night, when everybody else was asleep, Cassy slowly and carefully accumulated there a stock of provisions sufficient to afford subsistence for some time; she [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Well, could you at least tell me if there's a link between these men and Jasper? We 've explored lots of scenarios.
(Dead Mail)