expedition
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territoryA military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
» He never returned from that expedition.
Er kehrte nie von dieser Expedition zurück.
Он никогда не вернулся из той экспедиции.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
(countable, uncountable)An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
Expedition
экспеди́цияekspedícija
(countable, uncountable)A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
a naval expedition
a scientific expedition
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
(collective, countable, uncountable)The group of people making such excursion.
(countable, uncountable)The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
the property of being prompt and efficient
Examples
60 sentencesHe never returned from that expedition.
ruОн никогда не вернулся из той экспедиции.
deEr kehrte nie von dieser Expedition zurück.
Who was the leader of the expedition?
ruКто был лидером экспедиции?
I watched the expedition as it set off.
He was the leader of the great expedition.
deEr war der Führer der großen Expedition.
We're talking about who should lead the expedition.
deWir sprechen darüber, wer die Expedition leiten sollte.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.
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Forms
plural: expeditions| Singular | expedition |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country:military expeditionhostile expedition
- the property of being prompt and efficient:dispatchdespatchexpeditiousness
- a journey taken for pleasure:excursionjauntoutingjunketpleasure tripsashay
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable