Words / B2

ik-SPLORR-uh/ɪkˈsplɔːrə/

An explorer is a person who travels to little-known places in order to learn about them: a polar explorer; space explorer. Explore is the verb (already in the dictionary); traveller is broader; navigator stresses the route. Name the explorer in the source, then the year of the voyage. Mix-up: explorer vs explainer; explode (already in the dictionary); do not write explorer for a tourist on a named holiday with no enquiry.

Meaning

A person who travels to little-known places in order to learn about them.

Examples

• “Name the explorer in the source, then the year of the voyage, the geography paper said.”
• “A data explorer in the ICT brief is the software sense — still name the file, not a travel slogan.”

Good to know

a polar / space explorer; an explorer of. Verb: explore (already in B1). Close: traveller / navigator / surveyor. Trap: explode / a holiday tourist. Geography and history. Someone who travels to unknown places to learn — name them and the year.

Near in meaning

traveller, navigator, surveyor

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