expedition

Plural: expeditions

Noun

• a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
• an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
  • "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
• a journey organized for a particular purpose
• a journey taken for pleasure
• the property of being prompt and efficient
• The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
• A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
• The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
• An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
• A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
• The group of people making such excursion.
• The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.

Verb

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

Examples

• a naval expedition
• a scientific expedition
• an expedition across the Alps

Synonyms

despatch, dispatch, excursion, expeditiousness, hostile expedition, jaunt, junket, military expedition, outing, pleasure trip, sashay

Related Words

excursion, exploration, field trip