exploring

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noun

The action of the verb explore.

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Meanings

nounexploring (plural explorings)

plural explorings

  1. The action of the verb explore.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of explore

    While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

    1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
probing
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APA

exploring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploring

MLA

“exploring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exploring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exploring.

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