exploratory

ex·plo·ra·tion  (kspl-rshn)

n.

The act or an instance of exploring: Arctic exploration; exploration of new theories.

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ex·plora·tory (k-splôr-tôr, -splr-tr) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

exploratory - serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats" explorative nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory - not exploratory

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exploratory

adjective investigative, trial, searching, probing, experimental, analytic, fact-finding Exploratory surgery revealed that she had cancer of the liver.

Translations

exploratory [eksˈplɒrətərɪ] ADJ [surgery, research, study] → exploratorio; [discussions] → preliminares, de tanteo; [drilling] → de sondeo

exploratory [ɪkˈsplɒrətəri] adj

[surgery] → explorateur/trice
exploratory operation → intervention f exploratrice, intervention f à visée exploratrice

[talks] → préliminaire

[expedition] → d'exploration

exploratory

adj approach, stage → exploratorisch; exploratory talks or discussions/meeting → Sondierungsgespräche pl → /-gespräch nt; he emphasized that the talks were only exploratory → er betonte, dass es sich nur um Sondierungsgespräche handelte; exploratory trip/expedition → Erkundungsfahrt f → /-expedition f; exploratory digging/drilling → Probegrabungen pl → /-bohrungen pl; exploratory work → Vorarbeiten pl; exploratory surgery, an exploratory operation (Med) → eine Explorationsoperation

exploratory [ɪksˈplɒrət/ərɪ] adj (talks) → esplorativo/a; (expedition) → d'esplorazione; (step, discussion) → preliminare
exploratory operation (Med) → intervento esplorativo

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exploratory [ɪksˈplɒrət/ərɪ] adj (talks) → esplorativo/a; (expedition) → d'esplorazione; (step, discussion) → preliminare
exploratory operation (Med) → intervento esplorativo