Expedition EXPEDI'TION, n. [L. expeditio.] Haste; speed; quickness;
dispatch. The mail is conveyed with expedition. 1. The march of an
army, or the voyage of a fleet, to a distant place, for hostile purposes;
as the expedition of the French to Egypt; the expedition of Xerxes into
Greece. 2. Any enterprize, undertaking or attempt by a number of
persons; or the collective body which undertakes. We say, our government
sent an expedition to the Pacific; the expedition has arrived.
expedition
n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile expedition]
2: an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a
particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
3: a journey organized for a particular purpose
4: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing,
junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
5: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with
dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition,
expeditiousness]
expedition nounDate: 15th century 1.a. a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose b.
the group of persons making such a journey
2. efficient promptness ;speed3. a sending or
setting forth Synonyms:seehaste • expeditionernoun
expedition n. 1 a journey or voyage for a particular purpose, esp. exploration, scientific research, or war. 2 the personnel or ships etc. undertaking this. 3 promptness,
speed. Derivatives: expeditionist n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L expeditio -onis (as EXPEDITE)
expedition
(expeditions)
1. An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such
as exploration.
...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.N-COUNT: oft N to n
2. You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition.
Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.N-COUNT
3. An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
...a fishing expedition.= trip
N-COUNT
expedition
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃən n. 1 a journey or voyage for a particular purpose,
esp. exploration, scientific research, or war. 2 the personnel or ships
etc. undertaking this. 3 promptness, speed. øøexpeditionist n. [ME f. OF
f. L expeditio -onis (as EXPEDITE)]
Expedition \Ex`pe*di"tion\, n. [L. expeditio: cf.F.
exp['e]dition.]
1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness;
haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail
with expedition.
With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance. ?
2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some
object of consequence; progress.
Putting it straight in expedition. ?
3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place;
especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with
martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for
a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or
scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making
such excursion.
The expedition miserably failed. --Prescott.
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. --J. C. Fremont.
expedition
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃən n.
1 exploration, journey, voyage, field trip, trip, tour, excursion; enterprise, undertaking,
mission, quest: She went on an expedition up the Amazon to research herbal medicines.
2 speed, promptness, celerity, alacrity, dispatch or despatch, haste, rapidity, swiftness,
quickness: He was ordered to complete his chores with expedition.
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