excursion
A brief recreational tripA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
» Six of us are going on an excursion to the beach this weekend.
Sechs von uns machen dieses Wochenende einen Ausflug an den Strand.
Meaning
6 sensesA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.
Ausflug, Exkursion
экску́рсияekskúrsija
екску́рсіяekskúrsija
(Australia)A field trip.
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression
э́кскурсékskurs, отклоне́ниеotklonénije
е́кскурсékskurs
wandering from the main path of a journey
An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
Temporary deviation from a regular course or pattern
After an unsuccessful excursion into banking, I've returned to public life.
Examples
35 sentencesSix of us are going on an excursion to the beach this weekend.
deSechs von uns machen dieses Wochenende einen Ausflug an den Strand.
The excursion was canceled.
Екскурсію скасували.
ruЭкскурсию отменили.
We enjoyed the excursion very much.
ruЭкскурсия нам очень понравилась.
deDer Ausflug hat uns sehr gut gefallen.
We are talking about the excursion.
ruМы говорим об экскурсии.
All in all, the excursion was pleasant.
ruВ целом экскурсия оставила приятное впечатление.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginninBorrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”). By surface analysis, excurse + -ion. Compare excursus.
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Forms
plural: excursions| Singular | excursion |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- a journey taken for pleasure:jauntoutingjunketpleasure tripexpeditionsashay
- wandering from the main path of a journey:digression