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1. (n.) excursion
a short trip or outing to some place.
2. excursion
the persons making such a trip.
3. excursion
a trip on a train, ship, etc., at a reduced rate.
4. excursion
a deviation or digression.
5. excursion
the displacement of a body or a point from a mean position or neutral value, as in an oscillation.
6. excursion
an accidental increase in the power level of a reactor, usu. forcing its emergency shutdown.
Etymology: (1565–75; < L excursiō sortie, journey)
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| Definition of 'excursion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (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"
2. (noun) digression, excursion
wandering from the main path of a journey
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1. (noun) excursion
a trip to somewhere of interest
a weekend excursion to the coast
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| Definition of 'excursion' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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.]
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Sense: a trip; an outing
an excursion to the seaside.
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 Afrikaans: ekskursie, toer |
 Arabic: نُزْهَه، رِحْلَه، جَوْلَه |
 Bulgarian: екскурзия |
 Brazilian: excursão |
 Czech: výlet |
 German: der Ausflug |
 Danish: udflugt; tur; ekskursion |
 Greek: εκδρομή |
 Spanish: excursión |
 Estonian: huvireis |
 Farsi: سفر تفریحی؛ گردش |
 Finnish: retki |
 French: excursion |
 Hebrew: טִיוּל |
 Hindi: पर्यटन |
 Croatian: izlet |
 Hungarian: kirándulás |
 Indonesian: pesiar |
 Icelandic: (stutt) skemmti– eða skoð |
 Italian: escursione |
 Japanese: 遠足 |
 Korean: 짧은 여행 |
 Lithuanian: išvyka, ekskursija |
 Latvian: ekskursija |
 Malay: rombongan |
 Dutch: uitstapje |
 Norwegian: utflukt, ekskursjon, tur |
 Polish: wycieczka |
 Persian: سفر تفریحی؛ گردش |
 Pashto: تفريحى ګرځېدنه، سيراوسياح |
 Portuguese: excursão |
 Romanian: excursie |
 Russian: экскурсия; поездка |
 Slovak: výlet |
 Slovenian: izlet |
 Serbian: ekskurzija |
 Swedish: utflykt, exkursion |
 Thai: การเดินทางในระยะสั้น ๆ |
 Turkish: gezi(nti) |
 Taiwanese: 短途旅行，遠足 |
 Ukrainian: екскурсія; поїздка |
 Urdu: سیر سپاٹا |
 Vietnamese: cuộc đi chơi |
 Chinese: 短途旅行 |
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