expedition

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.

A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

despatch dispatch excursion outing jaunt junket sashay pleasure trip expeditiousness military expedition sally trek safari odyssey cavalcade
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Antonyms

dally bliss errand mission delay gap
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Hypernyms

campaign journey rapidity journeying quickness celerity

Hyponyms

safari campaign exploration airing crusade field trip

Phrases with the word

arctic expedition spending expedition combined expedition amicable expedition all-inclusive expedition dog sled expedition leader

Examples

it was done with dispatch Source: Internet

many summer excursions to the shore Source: Internet

it was merely a pleasure trip Source: Internet

after cautious sashays into the field Source: Internet

an expedition was sent to explore Mars Source: Internet

1990s * In Terry Bisson 's Voyage to the Red Planet (1990), the first expedition to Mars is organized by a Hollywood producer so he can film a science fiction movie on location. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expedited trial expediteness expediting translation expedition jacket expedition tent expedition undertaken to gain information