English-Thai Dictionary
exploratory
A เกี่ยวกับ การ สำรวจ ตรวจค้น หรือ สอบสวน explorative
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXPLORATORY
a.Serving to explore; searching; examining.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXPLORATORY
Ex *plor "a *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. exploratorius.]
Defn: Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
exploratory
ex plor a to ry |ikˈsplôrəˌtôrē ɪkˈsplɔrəˌtɔri | ▶adjective relating to or involving exploration or investigation: surgeons performed an exploratory operation | exploratory talks. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exploratorius, from explorare (see explore ).
Oxford Dictionary
exploratory
exploratory |ɪkˈsplɒrət (ə )ri, ɛk- | ▶adjective relating to or involving exploration or investigation: surgeons performed an exploratory operation | exploratory talks. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exploratorius, from Latin explorare (see explore ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
exploratory
exploratory adjective exploratory surgery: investigative, investigational, explorative, probing, fact-finding; experimental, trial, tentative, test, preliminary, provisional.
Oxford Thesaurus
exploratory
exploratory adjective an oil company has started exploratory drilling in the region: investigative, investigational, explorative, probing, fact-finding, analytic, searching; experimental, trial, test, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
exploratory
ex plor a to ry /ɪksplɔ́ːrətɔ̀ːri, eks- |-t (ə )ri /形容詞 探検 (のため )の, 探検上の, 調査する ; 予備の .