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1. (n.) expedition
a journey or voyage made for a specific purpose, as exploration.
2. expedition
the group of persons or vehicles engaged in such an activity.
3. expedition
promptness or speed in accomplishing something.
Etymology: (1400–50)
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| Definition of 'Expedition' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) expedition, military expedition, hostile expedition
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
2. (noun) expedition
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
"an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
3. (noun) expedition
a journey organized for a particular purpose
4. (noun) 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. (noun) dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
the property of being prompt and efficient
"it was done with dispatch"
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1. (noun) expedition
a long journey
an expedition to the North Pole
2. expedition
a trip for a purpose
a shopping expedition
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Expedition
the quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition
2. (noun) Expedition
a sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress
3. (noun) Expedition
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
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Expedition
A military operation conducted by an armed force to accomplish a specific objective in a foreign country.
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Sense: an organized journey with a purpose
an expedition to the South Pole.
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 Afrikaans: ekspedisie |
 Arabic: رِحْلَه اسْتِكْشافِيَّه، |
 Bulgarian: експедиция |
 Brazilian: expedição |
 Czech: expedice |
 German: die Expedition |
 Danish: ekspedition |
 Greek: αποστολή |
 Spanish: expedición |
 Estonian: uurimisreis |
 Farsi: گسیل؛ اعزام |
 Finnish: tutkimusmatka |
 French: expédition |
 Hebrew: מַסָע |
 Hindi: अभियान |
 Croatian: ekspedicija, pohod |
 Hungarian: felfedező út |
 Indonesian: ekspedisi |
 Icelandic: leiðangur |
 Italian: spedizione |
 Japanese: 遠征 |
 Korean: 원정 탐사 |
 Lithuanian: ekspedicija |
 Latvian: ekspedīcija |
 Malay: ekspedisi |
 Dutch: expeditie |
 Norwegian: ekspedisjon, oppdagelsesr |
 Polish: wyprawa |
 Persian: گسیل؛ اعزام |
 Pashto: ګړنديتوب، چمتووالى، ټولګى |
 Portuguese: expedição |
 Romanian: expediţie |
 Russian: экспедиция |
 Slovak: expedícia |
 Slovenian: odprava |
 Serbian: ekspedicija |
 Swedish: expedition |
 Thai: การเดินทาง |
 Turkish: sefer |
 Taiwanese: 遠征，探險 |
 Ukrainian: експедиція |
 Urdu: مقصدی مہم |
 Vietnamese: cuộc thám hiểm |
 Chinese: 远征，探险 |
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