| n. | 1. | The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. |
| 2. | A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. | |
| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition |
| 2. | expedition - an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars" | |
| 3. | expedition - a journey organized for a particular purpose | |
| 4. | expedition - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" | |
| 5. | expedition - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" |
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