Definitions for expedition
Overview of noun expedition
The noun expedition has 5 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (4) expedition, military expedition, hostile expedition
(a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country)
2. (3) expedition
(an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars")
3. (3) expedition
(a journey organized for a particular purpose)
4. (1) excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
(a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field")
5. dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
(the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch")
