expedition
noun
[ ɛkspɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war.
• "an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco"
Similar:
journey,
voyage,
tour,
odyssey,
undertaking,
enterprise,
mission,
project,
quest,
operation,
commission,
assignment,
exploit,
exploration,
safari,
trek,
hike,
survey,
peregrination,
trip,
excursion,
outing,
jaunt,
run,
junket,
hop,
• promptness or speed in doing something.
• "the landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition"
Similar:
speed,
haste,
hastiness,
hurriedness,
promptness,
speediness,
swiftness,
quickness,
rapidity,
briskness,
promptitude,
velocity,
alacrity,
urgency,
readiness,
dispatch,
expeditiousness,
fleetness,
celerity,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin expeditio(n- ), from expedire ‘extricate’ (see expedite). Early senses included ‘prompt supply of something’ and ‘setting out with aggressive intent’. The notions of ‘speed’ and ‘purpose’ are retained in current senses. expedition (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.
