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. — samueldora
Он никогда не вернулся из той экспедиции. — Balamax
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — Balamax
deEr kehrte nie von dieser Expedition zurück. — samueldora
Who was the leader of the expedition?
ruКто был лидером экспедиции? — odexed
I watched the expedition as it set off.
He was the leader of the great expedition.
deEr war der Führer der großen Expedition. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We're talking about who should lead the expedition.
deWir sprechen darüber, wer die Expedition leiten sollte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable