Engelsk substantiv: expedition | |||
1. | expedition (om handling) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | hostile expedition, military expedition | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | campaign, military campaign | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | Crusade | ||
Overordnet kategori | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | expedition (om gruppe) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | An expedition was sent to explore Mars. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | working group, working party | ||
Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykk | Lewis and Clark Expedition | ||
3. | expedition (om handling) a journey organized for a particular purpose | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | journey, journeying | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | campaign, exploration, geographic expedition, hunting expedition, safari, scouting trip | ||
4. | expedition (om handling) a journey taken for pleasure | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Many summer excursions to the shore. It was merely a pleasure trip. After cautious sashays into the field. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | journey, journeying | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | airing, field trip | ||
5. | expedition (om egenskap) the property of being prompt and efficient | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It was done with dispatch. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | ||