Exploratory - English meaning

adjective

Another term for analytical.

adjective

Examining or liking to examine things in detail, in order to discover more about them

Usage examples:

New analytic techniques in biology are allowing scientists to study the cell in more detail., the a…

adjective

(of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.

Usage examples:

An experimental drug

adjective

Using or based on new ideas

adjective

Done in order to discover more about something, or with the intention of discovering new things

Usage examples:

The oil company has had some success with explorative drilling in the area., she has always been kn…

adjective

Done in order to discover information for your company, government, etc.

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A fact-finding mission/trip

adjective

Denoting or concerned with investigation; investigative.

Usage examples:

Students are encouraged to adopt an active, investigational approach to their learning

adjective

Of or concerned with investigating something.

Usage examples:

A special investigative committee to look into the strikers' demands

adjective

Intended to examine something carefully, esp. to discover the truth about it

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An investigative panel, he's one of the paper's strongest investigative reporters (= someone whose …

adjective

Relating to the discovery of information about something, especially something that may be illegal

Usage examples:

Allowing a trade association representative to have access to the investigative information would b…

noun

A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

Usage examples:

A strike by local airline pilots

adjective

Done as an experiment or test before being introduced more widely.

Usage examples:

A pilot scheme for training workers

verb

Another term for cowcatcher.

adjective

Preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.

Usage examples:

A preliminary draft

noun

A preliminary action or event.

Usage examples:

The bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to an infantry attack

adjective

Coming before a more important action or event, esp. introducing or preparing for it

Usage examples:

Preliminary talks, a preliminary investigation, the preliminary rounds of negotiation went well., h…

adjective

Inquiring closely into something; searching.

Usage examples:

She asks some probing questions

verb

Physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument.

Usage examples:

Hands probed his body from top to bottom

adjective

(of a question) difficult to answer without telling the truth

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Probing questions

adjective

Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

Usage examples:

Provisional bookings

noun

A provisional stamp.

Usage examples:

The new orleans 5c provisionals are the most common of the csa provisional stamps and the ones most…

adjective

For the present time but likely to change; temporary

Usage examples:

A provisional government, i was provisionally accepted at stanford.

adjective

Thoroughly scrutinizing, especially in a disconcerting way.

Usage examples:

You have to ask yourselves some searching questions

verb

Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing

adjective

Intended to discover the hidden truth

Usage examples:

Fran stared hard, her searching gaze trying to get him to admit what he knew.

adjective

Not certain or fixed; provisional.

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A tentative conclusion

adjective

Not certain or confident

Usage examples:

We have tentative plans to go to hawaii in february., we have tentatively agreed to buy that house.

adjective

Not certain or agreed

Usage examples:

The car company and the union reached a tentative agreement., a tentative deal/plan/settlement, the…

noun

A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use.

Usage examples:

Both countries carried out nuclear tests in may

verb

Short for test match.

Usage examples:

The first test against new zealand

noun

The shell or integument of some invertebrates and protozoans, especially the chalky shell of a foraminiferan or the tough outer layer of a tunicate.

Usage examples:

The tests of the shells are recrystallized, but the original ornamentation is preserved in very goo…

noun

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

Usage examples:

The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

Test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.

Usage examples:

Teachers all over the uk are trialling the materials

noun

The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person

Usage examples:

[ c ] a criminal/civil trial, [ u ] the case will soon go to trial (= begin)., [ u ] she must still…