excursion

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  1. noun A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.
  2. noun A roundtrip on a passenger vehicle at a special low fare.
  3. noun A group taking a short pleasure trip together.

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  • The object of my excursion was the ancient convent of Dobrilovina, then the advanced post towards Kolashin, the Turkish station in Old Servia, and the point from which all invasions from the east entered Montenegro; and the ride was by far the most interesting of all that I made in the two principalities. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • Our meeting point for our excursion was in front of Carlos & Charlie's restaurant which we located first. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Saturday's 6 1 / 2-hour excursion was the second in three days for the crew of shuttle Discovery.
  • Inside the White House, the expectation was that the president's Latin American excursion would not be as much of a home run as his European economic summit. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Winter, after a feint, slunk into hiding again, and the only result of his excursion was a more splendid red on the maples, a more glowing russet on the oaks. —  Jewel Weed
 

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expedition ·  visit ·  tour ·  adventure ·  ride ·  cruise ·  foray ·  outing ·  raid ·  retreat ·  venture ·  occurrence

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excursion:   excursions
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin excursiō, excursiōn-, from excursus, past participle of excurrere, to run out : ex-, ex- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French excursion = Spanish excursion = Portuguese excursão = Italian escursione, from Latin excursio(n-), a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech, from excurrere, past participle excursus, run out: see excur.
  2. from excursion, n.
 

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/ɛksˈkərʃən/
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