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/ɪkspˈlɔː/ik-SPLAWR
/ɪkspˈlɔɹ/ik-SPLAWR

Meaningto cry out (in search)

Common meaning: to travel through a place to learn about it

‘out’ + ‘to cry aloud, wail’ → explore

Journey through time

  1. Latinplōrō‘to cry aloud, wail’
  2. Old Frenchexplorersource
  3. Englishexplore‘to travel through a place to learn about it’ · today

ex- also in: exitexactexaltexertexpel

plor also in: deplore

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin plōrō ‘to cry aloud, wail’.

Roots

  • plōrō Latin “to cry aloud, wail”

Related words

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