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Meanings of expedition in English

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The property of being prompt and efficient.

        Portuguese
        passeio
        Catalan
        excursió
        Spanish
        incursión

        A journey taken for pleasure.

            passeio
            Portuguese
            expedição
            Catalan
            expedició
            Spanish
            expedición

            A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country.

                  expedição
                  Usage of expedition in English
                  1
                  The 1953 Everest expedition used the latest technology available at the time.
                  BBC
                  2
                  The expedition discovered the ocean's deepest point The animals discovered were extraordinary.
                  BBC
                  3
                  Unable use hydroplane at present due low water, objects expedition being attained.
                  The lost city of z: a tale of deadly obsession in the amazon
                  4
                  But that information was not available to expedition members at the time.
                  Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
                  5
                  A sense that this expedition might not be a particularly wise idea?
                  Roma eterna
                  6
                  The expedition will take place between January and March of next year.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  Will I allow the media access to go on a fishing expedition?
                  News.com.au
                  8
                  Perhaps an expedition had come from North America across the Atlantic ice.
                  The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                  9
                  There were exactly six days left until the expedition to Hrad Spein.
                  Shadow prowler
                  10
                  The high point of the expedition was not, however, the endangered woodpecker.
                  Anthill: a novel
                  11
                  Asked why she undertook the expedition, she said there were many reasons.
                  The Guardian
                  12
                  The weather and the elements fought against the French in this expedition.
                  France in the Nineteenth Century
                  13
                  The most renowned heroes of the age took part in the expedition.
                  A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
                  14
                  In the summer, General Sullivan led an expedition into the Genesee country.
                  A Brief History of the United States
                  15
                  Account of the arrival of Law expedition: Bib Nat Fran MS 14613.
                  Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
                  16
                  He asked Joy if she had brought any food on this expedition.
                  Fiendish deeds
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                  Expedition through the time
                  Expedition across language varieties
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                  United States of America
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