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(noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose |
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Related Words: campaign, exploration, geographic expedition, hunting expedition, journey, journeying, safari, scouting trip |
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(noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
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Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition |
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Related Words: Crusade, campaign, military campaign |
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(noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars" |
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Related Words: working group |
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(noun) the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" |
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Synonyms: dispatch, expeditiousness |
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Related Words: celerity, quickness, rapidity |
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(noun) a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" |
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Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
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Related Words: air, airing, journey, journeying |
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