Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: excursion
IPA transcription: [ɪksk'ɝʒən]
Pronunciations of excursion
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure_trip, expedition, sashay
    Meaning: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
Usage examples
  • A Three-Day Excursion
  • But we must make a little excursion.
  • He started on the excursion in a joyously expectant mood.
  • They left me for a landmark and made a limited excursion on either side.
  • "It's a very pretty excursion," said Winterbourne, "and very easy to make.
  • MAY 7.-I have been on a charming excursion to-day with Clara Ray and all her set.
  • In the mean time another excursion was being invented, one of small size and price.
  • A boy of five and a quarter years is taken on an excursion into the Escherntal near Hallstatt.
  • There I fell to thinking about the incidents that marked our excursion over the Mannar oysterbank.
  • "Professor," he said to me, "would it be convenient for you to make an underwater excursion today?"
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