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expedition
(mass) | expedition
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expedition
(encz) | expedition,expedice n: Zdeněk Brož |
expedition
(encz) | expedition,výprava n: Zdeněk Brož |
Expedition
(gcide) | Expedition \Ex`pe*di"tion\, n. [L. expeditio: cf.F.
exp['e]dition.]
1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness;
haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail
with expedition.
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With winged expedition
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Swift as the lightning glance. ?
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2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some
object of consequence; progress.
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Putting it straight in expedition. ?
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3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place;
especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with
martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for
a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or
scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making
such excursion.
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The expedition miserably failed. --Prescott.
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Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. --J. C. Fremont.
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expedition
(wn) | expedition
n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile expedition]
2: an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a
particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
3: a journey organized for a particular purpose
4: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing,
junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
5: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with
dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition,
expeditiousness] |
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expeditionary
(encz) | expeditionary,expediční adj: Pajosh |
geographic expedition
(encz) | geographic expedition, n: |
hostile expedition
(encz) | hostile expedition, n: |
hunting expedition
(encz) | hunting expedition, n: |
military expedition
(encz) | military expedition, n: |
Expedition
(gcide) | Expedition \Ex`pe*di"tion\, n. [L. expeditio: cf.F.
exp['e]dition.]
1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness;
haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail
with expedition.
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With winged expedition
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Swift as the lightning glance. ?
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2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some
object of consequence; progress.
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Putting it straight in expedition. ?
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3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place;
especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with
martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for
a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or
scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making
such excursion.
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The expedition miserably failed. --Prescott.
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Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. --J. C. Fremont.
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Expeditionary
(gcide) | Expeditionary \Ex`pe*di"tion*a*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary
force.
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Expeditionist
(gcide) | Expeditionist \Ex`pe*di"tion*ist\, n.
One who goes upon an expedition. [R].
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fishing expedition
(gcide) | fishing expedition \fishing expedition\ n.
An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, with
no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the
outset of the investigation, and often without specifying in
advance the wrongdoing to be proven. [metaphorical]
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expeditionary
(wn) | expeditionary
adj 1: (used of military forces) designed for military
operations abroad; "the French expeditionary force in
Indochina" |
fishing expedition
(wn) | fishing expedition
n 1: an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated
purpose) of discovering information |
geographic expedition
(wn) | geographic expedition
n 1: to travel for the purpose of discovery [syn: exploration,
geographic expedition] |
hostile expedition
(wn) | hostile expedition
n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile expedition] |
hunting expedition
(wn) | hunting expedition
n 1: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn:
campaign, hunting expedition, safari] |
lewis and clark expedition
(wn) | Lewis and Clark Expedition
n 1: an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the
northwestern territories of the United States; led by
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis
to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806 |
military expedition
(wn) | military expedition
n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile expedition] |
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