expedition

noun

1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

Definition categories: act, campaign

2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose

- an expedition was sent to explore Mars

Definition categories: group

3. a journey organized for a particular purpose

Definition categories: act, journey, journeying

4. a journey taken for pleasure

Similar word(s): excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, sashay

Definition categories: act, journey, journeying

5. the property of being prompt and efficient

Similar word(s): despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness

Definition categories: attribute, celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness