Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: expedition
IPA transcription: [,ɛkspəd'ɪʃən]
Pronunciations of expedition
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: expedition, military_expedition, hostile_expedition
    Meaning: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
  • Synonyms: expedition
    Meaning: an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
  • Synonyms: expedition
    Meaning: a journey organized for a particular purpose
  • 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
  • But there are many in an expedition.
  • The expedition promises to be fruitful.
  • But this story is not about that expedition.
  • Kit then joined his second trapping expedition.
  • The punitive expedition into Mexico was a case in point.
  • All the events would have favored an expedition of this kind.
  • Our second expedition was appointed for the following Saturday.
  • If there's no other expedition'll tempt you, why not Port Royal?
  • Then we can leave a sort of map on board--for that relief expedition."
  • And from this expedition we may infer the character of earlier enterprises.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William the Conqueror, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Air-tractor sledge, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elizabeth I of England, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Execution by elephant, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Trincomalee, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Antarctic krill, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Canada, License CC BY-SA 4.0