expedition

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən/ 🇺🇸 /ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.; A military campaign or operation involving the movement of troops to a distant location for a specific objective.; A short journey or trip made for a particular purpose, often informal or recreational.; The group of people undertaking such a journey or voyage.; Speed or promptness in doing something; dispatch.; The act of sending forth or dispatching something, such as a message or goods.; (Archaic) The act of expediting; the process of making something happen quickly.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: expeditions

Collocations

go on an expeditionlead an expeditionscientific expeditionmountaineering expeditionexpedition forceexpedition teammilitary expedition

Derivatives

expeditionaryexpeditiousexpeditiouslyexpediteexpediterexpeditor

Synonyms

journeyvoyagetrekmissioncampaignexcursionsafari

Commonly confused

excursion
EN: 'Excursion' implies a short, often leisure trip; 'expedition' implies a longer, purposeful journey with a specific goal.
expeditious
EN: 'Expeditious' means quick and efficient (adjective); 'expedition' is the noun meaning a journey or mission.

Spelling tips

EN: Note the '-tion' ending (not '-sion'). Don't confuse 'expedition' (a journey) with 'expeditious' (meaning speedy), which share a root but differ in meaning.

💬 Examples

  1. The team organized an expedition to the South Pole to study climate change.

  2. The general led an expedition against the enemy's fortified positions along the coast.

  3. We made an expedition to the countryside to pick wildflowers.

  4. The expedition consisted of twelve scientists and three guides.

  5. The matter was handled with great expedition.

  6. The expedition of the parcel was delayed due to bad weather.

  7. The expedition of justice requires both fairness and timeliness.