Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective.
- noun The group undertaking such a journey.
- noun Speed or promptness in performance. synonym: haste.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being freed from impediments; hence, expeditiousness; promptness; haste; speed; quickness; despatch.
- noun The state of being expedited or put in motion; progress; march.
- noun An excursion, journey, or voyage made by a company or body of persons for a specific purpose; also, such a body and its whole outfit: as, the expedition of Xerxes into Greece; Wilkes's exploring expedition; a trading expedition to the African coast.
- noun Synonyms Celerity, nimbleness, alertness.
- noun Trip, raid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with
expedition . - noun A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
- noun An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific
expedition ; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The quality of being
expedite ;efficient promptness ; haste; dispatch;speed ;quickness ; as to carry the mail with expedition. - noun A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
- noun An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a
voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval,exploring , or scientific expedition. - noun The body of persons making such excursion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- noun a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- noun a journey organized for a particular purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word expedition.
Examples
-
Lewis by Michael Pritchett: Like Lewis and Clark's epic trek more than 200 years ago, Michael Pritchett's novel about their expedition is an arduous journey.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
-
From their names the expedition is usually known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917
-
The fact that the expedition is to be a joint one causes some regrets of another kind at home.
-
“You are familiar, I trust, with the disappearance of the Sir John Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage.”
-
If Penelope is using you to find her husband, why are you dreaming of the Franklin expedition?
-
I don't think I'm spoiling anything when I reveal the expedition is not alone.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
-
There was a lack of detail in many areas, such as, if the expedition is well into Amazonia, and are totally spent and half-dead from starvation and disease, how did they get out in order that they undertake the next expedition?
-
I don't think I'm spoiling anything when I reveal the expedition is not alone.
-
Cheryl, try an urchin expedition during next year's lent - it's a lot of fun.
Sea Urchins with Tips on How to Open Them (Αχινός) Laurie Constantino 2008
-
The purpose of the current expedition is to reconstruct the world of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) before Western man set foot on the island of Mauritius and wiped out the species.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.