Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
person who explores:
any of various tools in dentistry:
computing, graphic user interface:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who explores:
person who by expedition seeks new information:

Examples

52 sentences

  1. Early explorers used the stars for navigation.

    ruРанние исследователи использовали звёзды для навигации. — Biga

    deDie ersten Entdecker richteten sich bei der Navigation nach den Sternen. — Sudajaengi

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  2. The explorers discovered a skeleton in the cave.

    ruИсследователи обнаружили в пещере скелет. — odexed

    deDie Forscher entdeckten ein Skelett in der Höhle. — thomasvw

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  3. Tom is an explorer and an archaeologist.

    ruТом - исследователь и археолог. — marafon

    deTom ist Entdecker und Ärchäologe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

4 senses

  1. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

    Forscher, Forscherin, Entdecker

    иссле́довательisslédovatelʹ, иссле́довательницаisslédovatelʹnica, иссле́довательisslédovatelʹ

  2. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.

    зондzond

  3. A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.

    проводникprovodnik

  4. One who explores something

More definitions
  • a commercial browser developed by Microsoft
  • someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

Forms

plural: explorers
Singularexplorer
Pluralexplorers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a commercial browser developed by Microsoft:Internet ExplorerIE
  • someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose):adventurer

Word family

9 related words
RelatedexplorationB1rangerB2explorativeexploratoryscoutexplore
Derivednonexplorersexplorerurban explorer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exploratoryexploreA2explosionB1explosiveB2exponential

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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