expedition

English

/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
  • A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
  • (now) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
  • (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
  • A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
  • The group of people making such excursion.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (step, foot, walk, fall, stumble).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ped-

Gloss

step, foot, walk, fall, stumble

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

Emoji
🪜

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