Expedition - Definition

n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific
objective in a foreign country [syn: expedition,
military expedition, hostile 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" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing,
junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
5: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with
dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition,
expeditiousness]