excursionnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/us/ɪkˈskɝː.ʃən/a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people:
This year's annual excursion will be to Lincoln.
Next week we're going on an excursion.
excursion into sth
a short involvement in a new activity:
A teacher by profession, this is her first excursion into writing.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- travelling
- trip
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