expedition
/ɛkspʌdˈɪʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
Noun
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
Noun
a journey organized for a particular purpose
Noun
a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
Noun
the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
Synonyms
despatch
dispatch
excursion
expeditiousness
hostile expedition
jaunt
junket
military expedition
outing
pleasure trip
sashay
More General Terms
campaign
celerity
journey
journeying
military campaign
quickness
rapidity
rapidness
speediness
working group
working party
More Specific Terms
airing
campaign
Crusade
exploration
field trip
geographic expedition
hunting expedition
safari
scouting trip