expeditionnoun
uk/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən/us/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən/expedition noun (JOURNEY)
B1 [ C ] an organized journey for a particular purpose:
We're going on a shopping expedition on Saturday.
Scott died while he was on an expedition to the Antarctic in 1912.
[ C ] the people, vehicles, animals, etc. taking part in an expedition:
The British expedition to Mount Everest is leaving next month.
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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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Travellers & visitors
expedition noun (SPEED)
[ U ] formal speed in doing something:
We will deal with your order with the greatest possible expedition.
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- patch
- rattle through sth
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- snap
- throw
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