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| exploration |
Exploration is the act of traveling through and finding out about places that you or other people know very little about. This can mean going to places where nobody has ever been before. Sometimes, during exploration, people discover other human beings living in the place they are traveling through and learning about. Sometimes, if the climate is too harsh, they do not find any people living there. [2 definitions] |
| frontier |
(sometimes plural) the part of a settlement, exploration, or field of study which is being newly discovered. [1/2 definitions] |
| mission |
A mission is a person or team of people who go out to explore a new land or new world and gather information about it. A mission is also an entire trip made by these people and the exploration or work they carry out. [1/4 definitions] |
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