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The menu name for the file manager in Windows, which is formally known as "Explorer" or "Windows Explorer." Right clicking the Start menu brings up a menu with the Explore menu option. See Explorer and Win Explorer.

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verb

To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information: delve, dig, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout¹. See investigate.

Aurora Australis over South Pole Station

What was reached by humans first, the South Pole or the North Pole?

Although Robert E. Peary has long gotten the credit for reaching the North Pole first, in 1909, it may have actually been Frederick Cook who got there first, in 1908. It was another two years before explorers reached the earth's other end. Word came back on this date in 1911 that Roald Amundsen became the first person known to reach the South Pole. He and his team of four men all returned safely from the expedition. Only 12 of the 52 sled dogs that accompanied the group made it back. Just a month later, Captain Robert F. Scott led a team of five men to the South Pole, but none of them returned from this trip. Their frozen bodies were found 11 months later. A significant date for exploration, December 14 is also the birth date of two famous explorers: James Bruce, who discovered that the Blue Nile began in a lake in Ethiopia, was born on this date in 1530. And Tycho Brahe, famous for exploring the stars, albeit from afar, was born on this date in 1546.

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From our Archives: Today's Highlights, December 14, 2009

IN BRIEF: To travel in a region that is unknown or not well known, in order to find out more about it.

The hikers will explore the lake after they set up camp.

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v

To investigate.

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• Reasoning and Examination - explore: analyze, study, investigate

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See words rhyming with "explore."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Explore.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udforske, undersøge, eksplorere
v. intr. - udforske

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderzoeken, systematisch zoeken, verkennen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Méd) sonder, (fig) étudier sous tous ses aspects, examiner, (lit, fig) tâter, sonder
v. intr. - étudier sous tous ses aspects, examiner, sonder

Deutsch (German)
v. - untersuchen, erkunden, erforschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξερευνώ, εξετάζω, διερευνώ

Italiano (Italian)
indagare, perlustrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - explorar, examinar

Русский (Russian)
исследовать, расследовать, изучить вопрос, совершить разведку, зондировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - investigar, examinar, indagar, reconocer, explorar
v. intr. - investigar, examinar, indagar, reconocer, explorar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utforska, undersöka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
探测, 在...探险, 探勘, 探究, 探索, 考察, 探险

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 探測, 在...探險, 探勘, 探究, 探索
v. intr. - 探索, 探勘, 考察, 探險

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 탐험하다, 탐침으로 쑤셔보다, 조사하다
v. intr. - 탐험하다, 조사하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 探検する, 探究する, 調査する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحرى, يستكشف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חקר (ארץ, נושא), בחן ביסודיות‬
v. intr. - ‮עסק בחקירת ארץ או נושא מסוים‬

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