Expedition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective: an expedition against the enemy stronghold; a scientific expedition to the South Pole.
  • n. The group undertaking such a journey.
  • n. Speed in performance; promptness. See Synonyms at haste.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
  • n. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The body of persons making such excursion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
  • n. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being freed from impediments; hence, expeditiousness; promptness; haste; speed; quickness; despatch.
  • n. The state of being expedited or put in motion; progress; march.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Synonyms Celerity, nimbleness, alertness.
  • n. Trip, raid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
  • n. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
  • n. the property of being prompt and efficient
  • n. a journey taken for pleasure
  • n. a journey organized for a particular purpose
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    speediness    celerity    rapidness    quickness    rapidity   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    haste    dispatch    speed    quickness    progress    hastening    hurrying   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    voyage    excursion    enterprise    mission    campaign    adventure    fleet    visit    invasion    raid