exploratory

/eks'plɔ:rətiv/ Cách viết khác : (exploratory) /eks'plɔ:rətəri/

Thân thiện

Diplomats held exploratory talks to discuss future cooperation.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Serving in or intended for exploration or discovery: Used to describe actions, operations, or discussions that are undertaken to investigate, examine, or gather preliminary information about something, rather than to reach a final conclusion or take definitive action.

Usage

The adjective "exploratory" is used to modify nouns, indicating that the associated noun involves a preliminary investigation or an initial stage of inquiry. It is often used in formal, scientific, medical, diplomatic, and business contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The surgeon performed an exploratory operation to determine the cause of the patient's pain.
  • The two companies held exploratory talks about a potential merger.
  • The team conducted exploratory research to identify new areas for product development.
  • The geologists drilled an exploratory well to assess the region's oil reserves.

Advanced Usage

• "exploratory committee": In politics, a group formed to research the feasibility of a candidate running for office.
  • She formed an exploratory committee to gauge support for a presidential bid.
• "exploratory data analysis": In statistics, the process of analyzing data sets to summarize their main characteristics, often using visual methods.
  • The first step in our project is exploratory data analysis to understand the patterns.

Variants and Related Words

• Explore (verb): To travel through or examine an area to learn about it; to investigate or discuss thoroughly.
  • Scientists will explore the deep ocean trench.
• Exploration (noun): The action of exploring an unfamiliar area or subject.
  • The exploration of space has led to many discoveries.
• Explorer (noun): A person who explores an unfamiliar area.

Synonyms

• Investigative: Involving examination or inquiry.
• Preliminary: Denoting an action or event preceding or preparing for something more important.
• Provisional: Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.
• Tentative: Not certain or fixed; provisional.

Antonyms

• Conclusive: Serving to prove a case; decisive or convincing.
• Definitive: Done or reached decisively and with authority.
• Final: Coming at the end of a series.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

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