English noun: expedition | |||
1. | expedition (act) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | ||
Synonyms | hostile expedition, military expedition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | campaign, military campaign | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Crusade | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | expedition (group) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose | ||
Samples | An expedition was sent to explore Mars. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | working group, working party | ||
Instance hyponym | Lewis and Clark Expedition | ||
3. | expedition (act) a journey organized for a particular purpose | ||
Broader (hypernym) | journey, journeying | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | campaign, exploration, geographic expedition, hunting expedition, safari, scouting trip | ||
4. | expedition (act) a journey taken for pleasure | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | journey, journeying | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | airing, field trip | ||
5. | expedition (attribute) the property of being prompt and efficient | ||
Samples | It was done with dispatch. | ||
Synonyms | despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | ||