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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne