verb
1 travel around an area
VERB + EXPLORE
▪ be keen to ( esp. BrE ), want to , wish to
▪ be free to
▪
In the afternoon you'll be free to ~ a little on your own.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
companies exploring for oil
2 think about sth in detail
ADVERB
▪ extensively
▪ briefly
▪ fully , thoroughly
▪
These questions have not been fully ~d yet.
▪ properly , systematically
▪ carefully , deeply ( esp. AmE ), in detail
▪
This idea is worth exploring in some detail.
▪ further
▪ usefully
▪
The movie usefully ~s some of the issues surrounding adoption.
VERB + EXPLORE
▪ need to
▪ be keen to ( esp. BrE ), want to , wish to
▪ aim to , seek to
▪ begin to , continue to
Explore is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ artist , ↑ chapter , ↑ essay , ↑ exhibit , ↑ paper , ↑ research , ↑ researcher , ↑ study
Explore is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alternative , ↑ area , ↑ aspect , ↑ avenue , ↑ cave , ↑ complexity , ↑ concept , ↑ connection , ↑ consequence , ↑ delight , ↑ difference , ↑ dimension , ↑ effect , ↑ environment , ↑ extent , ↑ feasibility , ↑ frontier , ↑ galaxy , ↑ heritage , ↑ idea , ↑ impact , ↑ implication , ↑ influence , ↑ issue , ↑ limit , ↑ link , ↑ meaning , ↑ moon , ↑ mystery , ↑ myth , ↑ nature , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ ocean , ↑ paradox , ↑ perception , ↑ possibility , ↑ potential , ↑ problem , ↑ question , ↑ reach , ↑ reason , ↑ region , ↑ relation , ↑ relationship , ↑ relevance , ↑ role , ↑ root , ↑ sexuality , ↑ strategy , ↑ subject , ↑ terrain , ↑ territory , ↑ theme , ↑ topic , ↑ unknown , ↑ way , ↑ wilderness , ↑ wonder , ↑ workings , ↑ world , ↑ wreck