expedition

Meaning

Verb

To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
2. (countable, uncountable) A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
4. (countable, uncountable) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
5. (countable, uncountable) A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
6. (collective, countable, uncountable) The group of people making such excursion.
7. (countable, uncountable) The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.

Synonyms

dispatch

haste

campaign

journey

excursion

quickness

hostile expedition

military expedition

jaunt

march

promptness

rush

expeditiousness

dispatch of troops

despatch of troops

outing

party

🥳

moving in company

pleasure trip

alacrity

despatch

sashay

exploration

safari

hurry

swiftness

junket

geographic expedition

lubrication payment

grease payment

activity

voyage discovery

briskness

caravan

celerity

company

constraint

dash

💨

dispatch office

élan

explore

force

mission

precipitance

rapidity

ride

sally

sending

smartness

speed

Translations

expédition

expedición

spedizione

Expedition

expedição

expedició

αποστολή

expeditie

εκστρατεία

Entdeckungsreise

expedition

escursione

campagne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.