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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expedition/ekspəˈdɪʃn/

▶noun

1 a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose.

2 formal promptness or speed in doing something.

– derivatives
expeditionary adjective.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. expeditio(n-), from expedire (see expedite).

'expedition' also found in these Oxford entries:

field trip - gillie - impedimenta - mission - patrol - quest - safari - transglobal

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