Explore and Scan

Explore

Explore verb - To search through or into.
Usage example: communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions
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Synonyms for Explore

Scan is a synonym for explore in survey topic. In some cases you can use "Scan" instead a verb "Explore", when it comes to topics like examine.

Scan

Scan verb - To look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).
Usage example: scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors

Explore is a synonym for scan in survey topic. Sometimes you can use "Explore" instead a verb "Scan".

Nearby Words: scanned, scanning, scanner

Common collocations

area explore area scan area
place explore place scan place
room explore room scan room
level explore level scan level
Other words: planet, memories, planets.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Terminal Experiment has a scientist scan and copy his mind three times, to run an experiment: One is left without knowledge of mortality to simulate immortality, another is stripped of all physical sense, to explore a disembodied afterlife, and one is left unaltered as a control.
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