| expedition | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution. | |
| 2. n. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. | |
| 3. n. (now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness. | |
| 4. n. (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage | |
| 5. n. 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 expedition across the Alps | |
| 6. n. The group of people making such excursion. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel. | |
