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expedition

  • noun
  • /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.

Other meanings

  1. An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.

  2. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.

    “a naval expedition”

Related words

  • DX-pedition
  • DXpedition
  • expeditionary
  • expeditionist
  • sexpedition
  • fishing expedition

Example sentences

  • “The space expedition was filled with breathtaking moments.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “expedition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.