Definition of expedition

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Expedition (n.) A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.

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Arctic :: Arctic (a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature..
Outfit :: Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad..
Posthaste :: Posthaste (adv.) With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste..
Swapped :: Swan-upping (n.) A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping..
Range :: Range (v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
Expediently :: Expediently (adv.) With expedition; quickly.
Expedition :: Expedition (n.) The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
Botanical :: Botanical (a.) Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition..
Crusade :: Crusade (n.) Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans..
Expeditionary :: Expeditionary (a.) Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force..
Head :: Head (v. t.) To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot..
Forcing :: Forcing (n.) The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition..
Expeditionist :: Expeditionist (n.) One who goes upon an expedition. [R].
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition..
Haste :: Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals..
Expedition :: Expedition (n.) A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Equipment :: Equipment (n.) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition..
Reyse :: Reyse (v. i.) To go on a military expedition.
Spurgall :: Spur (v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit..
Military :: Military (a.) Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition..
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