EXPEDITION

• (noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose

• (noun) a journey taken for pleasure

  "many summer excursions to the shore", "it was merely a pleasure trip", "after cautious sashays into the field"

  synonyms : excursion , jaunt , junket , outing , pleasure trip , sashay

• (noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

  synonyms : hostile expedition , military expedition

• (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient

  "it was done with dispatch"

  synonyms : despatch , dispatch , expeditiousness

• (noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose

  "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

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