Definition of Expedetion
Ex`pe*di"tion (?), n. [L.
expeditio: cf.F. expédition.] 1.
The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste;
dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with
expedition.
With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance.
&?;
2. A sending forth or setting forth the
execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Putting it straight in expedition.
&?;
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.
The expedition miserably failed.
Prescott.
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the
Rocky Mountains. J. C. Fremont.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
- A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
- 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.
- The body of persons making such excursion.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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