Used in a Sentence

explores

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for explores.

Editorial note

Moore explores a half dozen reasons why the US seems to have more mass shootings than other countries.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of explores gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

verb

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

verb

(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for explores.

verb

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

verb

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

verb

(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.

verb

(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

Example sentences

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Moore explores a half dozen reasons why the US seems to have more mass shootings than other countries.

2

To draw people's attention: this article explores results of replacing this array of numbers with predictable values.

3

In this 2-minute video, David Kaplan explores the leading cosmological explanation for the origin of the universe.

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It's an interview with Olivia Fox Cabane - the author of a book that explores the science behind creative thinking.

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I think it's nice if you want to build some kind of web application that explores a database.

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It explores some of the negatives that crop up from scientifically illiterate parents crippling their child due to their own misinformed decisions.

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The article explores in perfectly sober terms how these conditions may have changed.

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It explores the effect that using your imagination has on loneliness and vice-versa.

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It's a great movie that explores some of the negatives that crop up from a society that genetically sequences all citizens from birth.

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The article is a little old, but I especially liked how it explores issues surrounding the neurological aspects of the brain, people's behavior, and the way they experience the world.

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Why ask this forum when the article explores this in detail?

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Egan's description of mind-merging in Closer[2] might also be of some interest, as it explores the conceptual overlap between intimacy and real-time mutual information access.

Quote examples

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Douglas Hofstadter explores this concept in his book "I Am a Strange Loop".

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This is why the only good writers in Russia since the space flights started have been Strugatskies brothers - who explore the issues of such civilization expansion and Pelevin - who explores absence of such expansion and the resulting end-game of the above mentioned "self-reflection", ie.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use explores in a sentence?

Moore explores a half dozen reasons why the US seems to have more mass shootings than other countries.

What does explores mean?

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

What part of speech is explores?

explores is commonly used as verb.