Defenition of the word expedition
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Defenition of the word expedition
- A long journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective.
- the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
- a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
- a journey organized for a particular purpose
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- a journey taken for pleasure
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
Synonyms for the word expedition
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- dispatch
- excursion
- expeditiousness
- hostile expedition
- jaunt
- junket
- military expedition
- outing
- pleasure trip
- sashay
Hyponyms for the word expedition
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- airing
- campaign
- Crusade
- exploration
- field trip
- geographic expedition
- hunting expedition
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- safari
- scouting trip
Hypernyms for the word expedition
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- campaign
- celerity
- journey
- journeying
- military campaign
- quickness
- rapidity
- rapidness
- speediness
- working group
- working party
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