English Explanatory Dictionary

expedition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
  2. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
  3. The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
  4. An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
  5. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
  6. The group of people making such excursion.
  7. The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
  1. To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.

Pronunciation

/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ en-us-expedition.ogg

Word forms

expedition expeditions expeditioning expeditioned

Etymology

From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.

Related words

excursion exploration field trip

Derived words

DX-pedition DXpedition expeditionary expeditionist fishing expedition sexpedition

Translations

Finnish: retkikunta Ancient Greek: στόλος Hungarian: felfedezőcsapat Māori: pahī Norwegian Bokmål: oppdagelsesreise Swedish: expedition Zazaki: geyrık
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