Found 3 items, similar to expedition.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: expedition eksepedisi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expedition 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expedition 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. [1913 Webster] With winged expedition [1913 Webster] Swift as the lightning glance. ? [1913 Webster] 2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. [1913 Webster] Putting it straight in expedition. ? [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The expedition miserably failed. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. --J. C. Fremont. [1913 Webster]