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expedition definition

expedition


 
  Grep  of  noun  expedition 
  expedition 
  geographic  expedition 
  hostile  expedition 
  hunting  expedition 
  military  expedition 
 
  Overview  of  noun  expedition 
 
  The  noun  expedition  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  expedition,  military  expedition,  hostile  expedition  --  (a  military  campaign  designed  to  achieve  a  specific  objective  in  a  foreign  country) 
  2.  (3)  expedition  --  (an  organized  group  of  people  undertaking  a  journey  for  a  particular  purpose;  "an  expedition  was  sent  to  explore  Mars") 
  3.  (3)  expedition  --  (a  journey  organized  for  a  particular  purpose) 
  4.  (1)  excursion,  jaunt,  outing,  junket,  pleasure  trip,  expedition,  sashay  --  (a  journey  taken  for  pleasure;  "many  summer  excursions  to  the  shore";  "it  was  merely  a  pleasure  trip";  "after  cautious  sashays  into  the  field") 
  5.  dispatch,  despatch,  expedition,  expeditiousness  --  (the  property  of  being  prompt  and  efficient;  "it  was  done  with  dispatch") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  expedition 
  expeditionary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  expedition 
 
  The  noun  expedition  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  expedition,  military  expedition,  hostile  expedition  --  (a  military  campaign  designed  to  achieve  a  specific  objective  in  a  foreign  country) 
  2.  (3)  expedition  --  (an  organized  group  of  people  undertaking  a  journey  for  a  particular  purpose;  "an  expedition  was  sent  to  explore  Mars") 
  3.  (3)  expedition  --  (a  journey  organized  for  a  particular  purpose) 
  4.  (1)  excursion,  jaunt,  outing,  junket,  pleasure  trip,  expedition,  sashay  --  (a  journey  taken  for  pleasure;  "many  summer  excursions  to  the  shore";  "it  was  merely  a  pleasure  trip";  "after  cautious  sashays  into  the  field") 
  5.  dispatch,  despatch,  expedition,  expeditiousness  --  (the  property  of  being  prompt  and  efficient;  "it  was  done  with  dispatch") 



expedition definition