excursion

Speech parts

1. excursion - Noun

2. excursion - Verb

Meaning

A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.

A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

A wandering from a subject; digression.

Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

journey digression jaunt ramble tour trip outing junket excursus expedition sashay pleasure trip sally paseo trek
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Antonyms

bolt remain matter prevent errand amble
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Hypernyms

journey journeying

Hyponyms

airing field trip

Phrases with the word

stump excursion group excursion astronaut excursion cosmonaut excursion consciousness excursion sightseeing excursion

Examples

many summer excursions to the shore Source: Internet

it was merely a pleasure trip Source: Internet

after cautious sashays into the field Source: Internet

Accounting and gender across times and places: An excursion into fiction. Source: Internet

After her dining excursion on Wednesday, DesBrisay remarked that the entries better represented their respective restaurants than did competition-minded small plates in past years. Source: Internet

Amthor (2003) describes evidence from Oman that indicates the carbon isotope excursion relates to a mass extinction: the disappearance of distinctive fossils from the Precambrian coincides exactly with the carbon-13 anomaly. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

excur excurrent excurse excursion fare excursion party excursion rate