Definitions for Excursion
ɪkˈskɜr ʒən, -ʃənex·cur·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashaynoun

   a journey taken for pleasure

   "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

2. digression, excursionnoun

   wandering from the main path of a journey

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. excursionnoun

   A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way

   While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excursionnoun

   Etymology: excursion, French; excurro, Latin.

   1. The act of deviating from the stated or settled path; a ramble.

   The muse whose early voice you taught to sing,
   Prescrib’d her heights, and prun’d her tender wing;
   Her guide now lost, no more attempts to rise,
   But in low numbers short excursions tries. Alexander Pope, Essays.

   2. An expedition into some distant part.

   The mind extends its thoughts often even beyond the utmost expansion of matter, and makes excursions into that incomprehensible John Locke.

   3. Progression beyond fixed limits.

   The causes of those great excursions of the seasons into the extremes of cold and heat, are very obscure. John Arbuthnot, on Air.

   4. Digression; ramble from a subject.

   Expect not that I should beg pardon for this excursion, ’till I think it a digression, to insist on the blessedness of Christ in heaven. Robert Boyle, Seraphick Love.

   I am too weary to allow myself any excursion from the main design. Francis Atterbury.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excursion

   An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes. Public transportation companies issue reduced price excursion tickets to attract business of this type. Often these tickets are restricted to off-peak days or times for the destination concerned. Short excursions for education or for observations of natural phenomena are called field trips. One-day educational field studies are often made by classes as extracurricular exercises, e.g. to visit a natural or geographical feature. The term is also used for short military movements into foreign territory, without a formal announcement of war.

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1. excursion

   Excursion generally refers to a short trip or outing, usually taken for leisure, exploration, or educational purposes. It often involves leaving one's usual environment and going to a different location, such as a day trip to a tourist attraction, nature reserve, or historical site. Excursions are usually planned and organized activities, typically with a specific purpose or goal, allowing individuals or groups to have a temporary change of scenery and engage in new experiences outside their daily routine.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Excursion

   a running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally

2. Excursion

   a journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country

3. Excursion

   a wandering from a subject; digression

4. Excursion

   length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.8 / 5 votes

1. Excursion

   An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other purposes. Public transportation companies issue reduced price excursion tickets to attract business of this type. Often these tickets are restricted to off-peak days or times for the destination concerned. Short excursions for education or for observations of natural phenomena are called field trips. One-day educational field studies are often made by classes as extracurricular exercises, e.g. to visit a natural or geographical feature. The term is also used for short military movements into foreign territory, without a formal announcement of war.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excursion

   eks-kur′shun, n. a going forth: an expedition: a trip for pleasure or health: a wandering from the main subject: a digression.—adj. Excur′rent (bot.), projecting beyond the edge or point.—vs.i. Excurse′, to digress; Excur′sionise, to go on an excursion.—n. Excur′sionist, one who goes on a pleasure-trip.—adj. Excur′sive, rambling: deviating.—adv. Excur′sively.—ns. Excur′siveness; Excur′sus, a dissertation on some particular point appended to a book or chapter.—Excursion train, a special train, usually with reduced fares, for persons making an excursion. [L. excursio—ex, out, currĕre, cursum, to run.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EXCURSION

   From _ex_. former, and Grk. _kairo_, to enjoy. Hence, a tiresome journey--formerly an enjoyment--sold at half price.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excursion

   A short journey usually made for pleasure often by a group of people is called excursion.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on July 28, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Excursion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Excursion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Excursion in a Sentence

1. Le Coq:

   I'm kind of a walking photographer, i love exploring new places. One day I was taking a break during an excursion in the Broceliande forest, looking for the best place to settle, when I discovered a small clearing with a tree without leaves. I stayed for hours looking around, taking some pictures and I found Le Coq lying down under the tree. The tree's branches were rising as if to touch the sky.

2. Tracey Sutton:

   Every time we go out on a deep-sea research excursion there's a good chance we'll see something we've never seen before -- the life at these depths is really amazing.

3. Sylvain Plasse:

   It was his first cruise and it sounded like she had done a few and she said were on our honeymoon and so were going to do an excursion at every port stop. And I mentioned to them this was my 105th cruise on Royals so we started talking, conversing and I didnt see them in the lounge last night and there were rumors that there were honeymoon couples on White Island and you just showed me one of the news footage with their picture of their wedding and it confirmed that it was them, you never know, your life changes in a moment so, life is short.

4. Admiral John Richardson:

   We have made this very clear that this was an excursion, a departure from the normal adherence to those rules and we would hope that behavior in the future would be much more consistent, we should not see each other as a threatening presence in these waters.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Excursion
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excursion
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Excursion
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excursion
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Excursion
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Excursion
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Excursion
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Excursion