expedition meaning and definition

EXPEDITION noun

Definition of expedition (noun)

1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
   • synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition
2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
   • "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
3. a journey organized for a particular purpose
4. a journey taken for pleasure
   • "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
   • synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay
5. the property of being prompt and efficient
   • "it was done with dispatch"
   • synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness