expedition

1 a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country [syn: military expedition, hostile expedition]

2 an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

3 a journey organized for a particular purpose

4 a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, sashay]

5 the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expeditiousness]

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Pronunciation

Etymology

From expeditio.

Noun

1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
   • 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     one of them began to come nearer our boat than at first I expected; but I lay ready for him, for I had loaded my gun with all possible expedition...

2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
3. 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.
4. The body of persons making such excursion.
5. A midsize Ford SUV model. See Ford Expedition

Translations

• Finnish: nopeus (1), tutkimusretki (3), retkikunta (4)
• Malay: ekspedisi, penerokaan
• Old English: fyrd (2,3,4), faru (2,3)
• Welsh: alldaith

Expedition may refer to:

• A journey undertaken for a specific purpose, usually exploration and/or research
• Military expedition
• Expedition, the science-fiction book by Wayne Douglas Barlowe.
• Ford Expedition, a Ford Motor Company's large sports utility vehicle.
• Expedition (Pokémon Trading Card Game), a Pokémon Trading Card set.
• A long duration mission to the International Space Station

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