What does expedition mean?
Expedition means (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution..
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/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ · noun
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution..
My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […] Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, […] And for the expedition of this war, If he thinke good, can from his garriſons, UUithdraw as many more to follow him.
Once established in their capital at Nanking, occupied March, 1853, and renamed “Heavenly Capital” (T’ien-ching), the Taipings sent out an expedition to take Peking which again made striking gains initially, but was eventually slowed, isolated, and defeated.
one of them began to come nearer our boat than at first I expected; but I lay ready for him, for I had loaded my gun with all possible expedition […].
he presently exerted his utmost agility, and with surprizing expedition ascended the hill.
He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition, / Which put him in mind of the long debate / On the Slave-trade abolition.
The photographer had photographed, the doctor had certified life extinct, the pathologist had inspected the body in situ as a prelude to conducting his autopsy – all with an expedition quite contrary to the proper pace of things, merely in order to clear the way for the visiting irregular, as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Crime and Ops) had liked to call him.
a naval expedition
a scientific expedition
Use expedition when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Expedition means (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution..
Common synonyms include excursion, jaunt, dispatch, sashay.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […] Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, […] And for the expedition of this war, If he thinke good, can from his garriſons, UUithdraw as many more to follow him.
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