expedition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
Types & categories
- military campaign hypernym
- Crusade hyponym
Related & opposite
- expeditionary derivation
- military domain topic
Sense 2 noun
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
an expedition was sent to explore Mars
Types & categories
- working group hypernym
- Lewis and Clark Expedition instance hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a journey organized for a particular purpose
Types & categories
- journey hypernym
- scouting trip hyponym
- hunting expedition hyponym
- exploration hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a journey taken for pleasure
many summer excursions to the shore
Types & categories
- journey hypernym
- airing hyponym
- field trip hyponym
Related & opposite
- rubberneck derivation
- jaunt derivation
- junket derivation
Sense 5 noun
the property of being prompt and efficient
it was done with dispatch
Types & categories
- celerity hypernym
Related & opposite
- dispatch derivation
- expeditious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expeditionary |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | military campaign |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Crusade |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | working group |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | journey |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scouting trip |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunting expedition |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exploration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rubberneck |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaunt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | junket |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | journey |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | airing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | field trip |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expeditious |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | celerity |