expedition
/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.99 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "a naval expedition"
- "a scientific expedition"
- "an expedition across the Alps"
- "Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition was lost with two ships and 129 men, inspiring dozens of subsequent expeditions to find and rescue him, none of them successful."
- "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 […]."
Etymology
From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/
- British English: /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/