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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- hostile expedition
- military expedition
- alacrity
- promptness
- dispatch
- speed
- despatch
- expeditiousness
- sashay
- pleasure trip
- junket
- outing
- jaunt
- excursion
- acceleration
Other Word Forms of Expedition
Noun
Singular:
expeditionPlural:
expeditionsOrigin of Expedition
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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
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From Middle French expédition, from Latin expeditio
From Wiktionary
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