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  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 \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.
  
              With winged expedition
  
              Swift as the lightning glance. ?
  
     2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some
        object of consequence; progress.
  
              Putting it straight in expedition. ?
  
     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.
  
              The expedition miserably failed.      --Prescott.
  
              Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky
              Mountains. --J. C. Fremont.

  expedition
       n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective
            in a foreign country [syn: 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, sashay]
       5: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
          with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expeditiousness]

  expedition
     Αγγλικά n.
     η αποστολή, ένα οργανωμένο ταξίδι με συγκεκριμένο σκοπό, ειδικά για
  να μάθω για ένα μέρος που δεν είναι πολύ γνωστό

  expedition
     Swedish n.
     1 c an #English, a journey, a mission
     2 c an office

  Expedition
     German n.
     f expedition

  expedition
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) The act of expedite something; prompt execution.
     2 A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy
  territory.
     3 (lb en now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to
  travel.

  expedition
     Swedish n.
     1 c an #English, a journey, a mission
     2 c an office

  Expedition
     German n.
     f expedition

  expedition
     Swedish n.
     1 c an #English, a journey, a mission
     2 c an office

  Expedition
     German n.
     f expedition

  expedition
     Ruotsi n.
     retkikunta

  expedition
     n.
     1 organiserad, avsända forskningsresa
     2 kontor där saker och ting expedieras
     3 en åtgärd varigenom en handling utfärdas från ett sådant kontor som
  avses ovan
     4 en av en myndighet utfärdad handling, som innehåller ett avgörande
  eller liknande

  Expedition
     Tyska n.
     expedition, forskningsresa

  expedition
     n.
     1 organiserad, avsända forskningsresa
     2 kontor där saker och ting expedieras
     3 en åtgärd varigenom en handling utfärdas från ett sådant kontor som
  avses ovan
     4 en av en myndighet utfärdad handling, som innehåller ett avgörande
  eller liknande

  Expedition /ˌɛkspeːdiːtsjˈoːn/ 
  expedition 
     Synonyms: Entdeckungsreise, Forschungsreise
  
   see: Expeditionen, Entdeckungsreisen, Forschungsreisen
  

  Expedition /ɛkspediˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  expédition
  das Fertigmachen zum Versand

  Expedition /ɛkspediˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  1. expediering
  das Fertigmachen zum Versand
  2. expedition 2.
  Versandabteilung einer Firma
   3.
  Forschungsreise
   4.
  Kriegszug

  Expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  البعثة

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  експеди́ция
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/ 
  výprava

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/ 
  expedice

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/ 
  ekspedition

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  Eile 

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  Expedition , Entdeckungsreise , Forschungsreise 
   see: expeditions
  

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  
  εκστρατεία

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  1. tutkimusretki, tutkimusmatka
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place
  2. retkikunta
  a group of people making a long trip

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/ 
  1. अभियान
        "Some soldiers went on an expedition to Antartica."

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  ekspedicija, putovanje

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  1. hadjárat
  2. fürgeség
  3. gyorsaság
  4. expedíció
  5. felfedezô út

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  ekspedisi
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  遠征
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place

  expedition /ˌekspı'dıʃn/ 
  1. ekspedicija
  2. išvyka (medžioti, žvejoti ir pan.)
  3. sparta, operatyvumas

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  ekspedisjon
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place

  expedition /ˌekspəˈdɪʃən/ 
   1.  ekspedycja
   2.  wyprawa

  expedition /ekspidiʃən/
  expedição

  expedition //ɛkspəˈdɪʃən// 
  expedition 2.
  An important enterprise, implying a change of place
   3.
  a group of people making a long trip

  expedition /ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/
  1. sefer, kesif heyeti veya seferi
  2. zor yolculuk
  3. sürat, acele
  4. gönderme, sevk.

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  експеди́ция
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  1. Expedition, Forschungsreise
  forskningsresa
  2. Büro, Geschäftsstelle
  kontor

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  tutkimusretki, tutkimusmatka
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  expédition
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  spedizione
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  遠征
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  expedītiō
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  expeditie
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  ekspedisjon
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  ekspedycja, wyprawa
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  expedição
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  экспеди́ция
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  expedición
  forskningsresa

  expedition /ˌɛkspədiːsxˈuːn/ 
  sefer
  forskningsresa

  
/ʔɛkspediˈtsi̯oːn/

  
/ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

  
/ɛkspɛdɪɧ'uːn/

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "expedition":
     advance, advancement, adventure, agility, air speed, alacrity,
     briskness, campaign, celerity, circuit, clarification, course,
     crusade, decisiveness, dispatch, drive, easing, emprise,
     enterprise, excursion, expediting, expeditiousness, exploration,
     facilitation, fastness, flight, flit, flurry, forwarding,
     furtherance, goodwill, grand tour, ground speed, haste, hastening,
     helping along, holy war, hurry, hustle, immediacy, immediateness,
     instantaneousness, jaunt, jihad, journey, junket, knots,
     lightning speed, miles per hour, mission, nimbleness, outing,
     package tour, peregrination, peregrinations, pilgrimage,
     pleasure trip, precipitation, preferential treatment, progress,
     promotion, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, punctualness,
     quest, quickening, quickness, rapidity, readiness, round pace,
     round trip, rpm, rubberneck tour, run, rush, rushing, rustle,
     safari, sally, sharpness, shoot, simplification, simplifying,
     smartness, smoothing, snappiness, special treatment, speed,
     speediness, speeding, spryness, stalk, streamlining, summariness,
     swift rate, swiftness, tour, travels, trek, trip, turn,
     undertaking, velocity, voyage, war
  
  

  n. 远征,探险队,迅速;

  Expedition
     n. 考察,探险;考察队,探险队