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expedition
has definitions from the fields of transportation,military
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[ noun ] (military) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
Synonyms Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)The expedition was under orders to make a swift survey of conditions and_then to return to Earth . Then , he said , `` Unfortunately , only one lamechian linguist exists , and he is too old for this expedition . The expedition that had discovered Ozagen had succeeded in correlating two thousand Siddo words with an equal number of American words . |
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[ noun ] an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
Examples "an expedition was sent to explore Mars" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)`` But did the expedition find any records of the Forerunner having been on this planet ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey organized for a particular purpose
Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)In 1819 under royal command he undertook a very successful geological expedition to Bornholm , one of the Danish islands , being one of three scientists in the expedition . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Unlike the Sicilians , he additionally conducted holdups , robberies , and safe cracking expeditions , and refused to touch prostitution . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey taken for pleasure
Examples "many summer excursions to the shore" "it was merely a pleasure trip" "after cautious sashays into the field" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)Gradually he withdrew from the shop altogether , and for the past thirty years , he has worked independently as a painter , except for his continued hunting and fishing expeditions . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the property of being prompt and efficient
Synonyms Examples "it was done with dispatch" |
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