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expedition Definition

ex·pedi·tion (eks′pə dis̸h′ən)

noun

    1. a sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
    2. the journey, etc. itself
    3. the people, ships, equipment, etc. on such a journey
  2. efficient speed; dispatch

Etymology: ME expedicioun < OFr expedition < L expeditio < pp. of expedire: see expedite

expedition Related Forms

ex′·pedi′·tion·ar′y adjective

expedition Synonyms

expedition

n.

  1. Travel undertaken

    excursion, voyage, campaign; see journey.

  2. Those who undertake travel

    party, band, company, team, hunters, safari, explorers, pioneers, traders, soldiers, squadron, contingent, scouts, archaeologists, tourists, sightseers, cavalcade, patrol, caravan, posse, astronauts, cosmonauts, space travelers; see also army 1, 2, crowd 1, fleet.

  3. Efficient speed

    speed, dispatch, promptness, alacrity; see haste 1, speed. See syn. study at haste, trip.

expedition Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • forage: Could he really have seen a yeti ( fair-haired, brunette or otherwise ) on one such foraging expedition?
  • trek: This is the most ambitious, and possibly the most exciting, trekking peak expedition we have yet devised.
  • lead: He has led expeditions to Canada, the USA, South America, Europe.
  • mount: They were sent in 1830 to explore the lower reaches of the River Niger, and later mounted two more expeditions to the Niger.
  • join: How about the adventure of joining an expedition into the world's greatest mountain ranges.

Preposition: in

Himalayas: Of special interest are the nine letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker written during his expedition in the Himalayas and previously unpublished in their entirety.

Adjective modifier

  • Antarctic: In 1907, he led his own British Antarctic Expedition in the Nimrod.
  • ill-fated: The adventurer was not the only man to lose his life on the ill-fated expedition.
  • punitive: A wholesale case was the fate of a punitive expedition sent down from Austria in the seventies.
  • polar: They have even been used to plan the food ration requirements for polar expeditions.
  • overland: Group maximums vary from 22 on our overland expeditions in Africa to 10 for some of our European walks.
  • exploratory: The setting up of an exploratory expedition would face different problems to those facing a sporting expedition.

Modifies a noun

  • medic: Caring for a seriously injured casualty in a remote area is a formidable challenge, even for the most experienced expedition medic.
  • leader: In short, the epitome of the real expedition leader.

Noun used with modifier

  • Everest: She designed the diets for the 1993 Everest expedition that put the first British woman, Rebecca Stevens MBE, on the summit.
  • mountaineering: It is a true mountaineering expedition - hillwalkers beware.
  • trekforce: Student Profile Sophie Powell is raising money for a trekforce expedition to Borneo for her Gap Year.
  • hunting: The Gardeners ' Atlas The on-line way to buy a regularly updated atlas to take on your UK garden hunting expeditions.
  • camping: They are participation camping expeditions, where you help make the tour work by being a part of the team.
  • fishing: Young Luke, seven years old was out in the Fens with his Dad on his first Winter Pike fishing expedition.