English to English
expedition
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noun (n)
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose(noun.group)Example:
An expedition was sent to explore Mars.
source: wordnet30 - a journey organized for a particular purpose(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- the property of being prompt and efficient(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.(noun)source: webster1913