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expedition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hostile expedition, military expedition |
| Type of | campaign, military campaign |
| Has types | crusade |
| Derivation | expeditionary |
expedition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
| Type of | journeying, journey |
| Has types | airing, field trip |
expedition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness |
| Type of | rapidity, quickness, speediness, celerity, rapidness |
| Derivation | expeditious |
expedition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | journeying, journey |
| Has types | campaign, hunting expedition, safari, scouting trip, geographic expedition, exploration |
expedition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | working party, working group |
an expedition was sent to explore Mars.
Examples of expedition
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Expedition 19 will double the size of the station's resident crew to six people.
From the upi.com
In 2005 Russian specialists prepared blueprints for a manned expedition to Mars.
From the upi.com
It was this sacrifice for science that remains a great legacy of the expedition.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It is the penultimate expedition in the shuttle's history, and Endeavour's last.
From the guardian.co.uk
Part of Cheh's expedition will be to closely monitor polls and the count Nov. 4.
From the washingtonpost.com
Phase one of the expedition will be conducted aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster.
From the sciencedaily.com
The zoo will begin taking reservations next month for its April 2009 expedition.
From the freep.com
Conveniently, Father, a bigot, is off on yearlong expedition with Admiral Peary.
From the bloomberg.com
In 1857 his friend Wilkie Collins wrote a play about a failed Arctic expedition.
From the time.com
- 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"
- Excursion: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
- Dispatch: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
- Expedition! was a travel documentary television series that was broadcast in the United States on ABC-TV Tuesday nights in the 1960-61 television season and Monday nights in the 1961-62 television season.
- Expedition is the title of a science fiction book by artist-author Wayne Douglas Barlowe. Subtitled "Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. ...
- The Expedition is the first live album by the metal band Kamelot. It was released in October 2000 through Noise Records. ...
- (Expeditions) Exploration is the act of searching or traveling a terrain (including space, see space exploration) for the purpose of discovery of resources or information. Exploration occurs in all non-sessile animal species, including humans. ...
- (Expeditions (Margaret Atwood book)) Expeditions is a collection of poetry by Margaret Atwood, published in 1966.
