Associations to the word «Exploratory»

Wiktionary

EXPLORATORY, adjective. Serving to explore or investigate
EXPLORATORY, noun. An exploration or investigation
EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, noun. (US) An organization established to help determine whether a potential candidate should run for an elected office.

Dictionary definition

EXPLORATORY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats