Expedition Definition

ĕkspĭ-dĭshən
expeditions
noun
expeditions
A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle.
Webster's New World
The journey, etc. itself.
Webster's New World
The people, ships, equipment, etc. on such a journey.
Webster's New World
Efficient speed; dispatch.
Webster's New World
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 331.
He presently exerted his utmost agility, and with surprizing expedition ascended the hill.
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Other Word Forms of Expedition

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Singular:
expedition
Plural:
expeditions

Origin of Expedition

  • Middle English expedicioun military campaign from Old French expedition from Latin expedītiō expedītiōn- from expedītus past participle of expedīre to make ready expedite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French expédition, from Latin expeditio

    From Wiktionary

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