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Meaning of Explorer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A participant in the Exploring program, which focuses on career exploration.
    US
  2. One who explores something
  3. A participant in the Fire Service Exploring program.
    US
  4. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
  5. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
  6. A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.

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Examples

“Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.”
“For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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