exploration

About 13.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of exploring.
2. noun The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

   The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.

3. noun The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
4. noun A physical examination of a patient.

Similar words

geographic expedition exploratory exploring explorer quest explore search discovery detect pursuit

Often followed by

of and in is for was by to into

Word family

explorational explorations