expedition

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expedition Definition

• (n) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
• (n) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
• (n) a journey organized for a particular purpose
• (n) a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
• (n) the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"

expedition Synonyms

• despatch
• dispatch
• excursion
• expedition
• expeditiousness
• hostile expedition
• jaunt
• junket
• military expedition
• outing
• pleasure trip
• sashay