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Definition: Expedition |
ExpeditionNoun1. A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country. 2. An organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars". 3. A journey organized for a particular purpose. 4. A journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field". 5. The property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "expedition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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The Arnold Expedition refers to the eastern invasion of Canada in 1775 by forces of the Continental Army led by Benedict Arnold.(Note: This expedition was a significant event widely regarded and reported, yet historians have no consensus on a term used to describe it. The Arnold Expedition term has no general use.
Background
In 1775 the Continental Congress generally adopted Arnold's plan for the Invasion of Canada, but he wasn't included in the command structure for the effort. Thus rebuffed, Arnold returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts and approached Washington with the idea of a supporting eastern invasion force, aimed at Quebec. There had been little direct action at Boston after the Battle of Bunker Hill in June. Many units were bored with the garrison life and hungered for action. Washington agreed with the general proposal and that the action was worthwhile. He promoted Arnold to Colonel, and together they visited each line unit to ask for volunteers.Arnold eventually selected a force of 750 men. Washington was only too happy to add the Daniel Morgan's company and some other rifleman. These unruly frontiersman, from the Virginia and Pennsylvania wilderness, were particularly unsuited to a siege.
The plan called for the men to cover the 180 miles from the Kennebec River to Quebec in 20 days. They expected to find relatively light defenses since the British General, Sir Guy Carleton, would be busy handling Schuyler's forces at Montreal. Arnold sent ahead to Fort Western to have supplies and bateaux readied for his force. The expedition moved by sea, and spent five days at Fort Western organizing supplies and boats.
The Maine Wilderness
The men expected to go up the Kennebec River and then descend the Chaudiere to Quebec. They set out from Fort Western on September 25 and their troubles began almost immediately. The bateaux were build from green, split pine planks, and were basically flat bottom rafts that couldn't be rowed. Hauling them upstream and lowering them down the Chaudiere, many supplies and some men were lost. Rain and violent storms ruined more. Lt. Colonel Roger Enos turned back with his division, taking 300 men and more of the supplies with him.The maps they started with had lied. The British frequently allowed publication of faulty maps to deceive future enemies. The journey was 350 miles, not 180. After the expedition ran out of supplies, they ate their dogs, their shoes, cartridge boxes, and anything leather. They ate moss and tree bark. No group less hardy, or without Arnold's leadership, could ever have survived the journey. On November 6, they finally reached the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. They might be hungry and sick, ragged and shod with raw skins, but they were ready to attack Quebec.
The First Attacks
Arnold thought they could still take the city. The defenders were only about 100 regulars under Lt. Colonel Allen Maclean, supported by several hundred poorly organized militia. If they could scatter the militia with accurate fire, they could overwhelm the outnumbered regulars. When they finally reached the Plains of Abraham on November 14, Arnold sent a negotiator with a white flag to demand their surrender. His answer was from a cannon. But MacLean did not repeat Montcalm's mistake and charge out. So the Americans, with no canons, faced a fortress city. When the frigate Lizard moved into the river to cut of there rear, they were forced to withdraw to Pointe aux Trembles.Finally, on December 2, Montgomery came down river from Montreal with 300 troops. Even more welcome, he brought captured British supplies and winter clothing. The two forces joined and the stage was set for the Battle of Quebec (1775).
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The Braddock Expedition was a failed British attempt to capture the French Fort Duquesne in the summer of 1755 diring the French and Indian War. It is named for General Edward Braddock who led the British forces and died in the effort.Braddock led a force of composed of two regiments of the British Army and including about 250 Virginia militia, led by Lt. Colonel George Washington. The expedition traveled through the wilderness from Virginia into western Pennsylvania. They progressed slowly, in some cases moving as little as two miles a day. Due to the size and equipment of the expedition they were making their own road which later became known as the Wilderness Road. The French garrison at the Fort contained only about 200 regulars and Canadian militia accompanied by about 900 Indians. The Indians were camped outside the fort.
Battle of the Wilderness
On July 9th the advance unit under Lt. Colonel Thomas Gage crossed the Monongahela River about nine miles south of the fort. As they climbed the hills across the ford, they were ambushed by about 600 Indians and a few regulars. After an initial defense, they concluded that they couldn't close with the enemy and retreated. In the narrow confines of the road, they ran into the main body which was advancing rapdly to theirt support. The entire column was thrown into disorder, as the Indians continued to fire from the woods and ravines.The militia, more familiar with frontier warfare, spread out, took cover, and returned fire. The regulars kept trying vainly to reform units into regular order within the confines of the road. Still trying to regain order in his units, General Braddock was seriously wounded. Colonel Dunbar, with the rear supply unit was now in command. He ordered supplies and cannon destroyed before withdrawing. About 150 wagons were burned on the spot. By sunset, the surviving British and American forces were fleeing back down the road they had built. The final results for the British force of 1460 men were 456 dead and 421 wounded. This included 63 of the 87 officers accompanying the expedition.
Edward Braddock died of his wounds on July 13, 1755. He was buried at Great Meadows (near Uniontown, Pennsylvania).
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Expedition is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 490 km northwest of Brisbane.
Fact sheet
See also: Protected areas of Queensland (Australia)
- Area: 108,000 ha
- Latitude: 25° 07' 44" S
- Longitude: 148° 51' 56" E
- Date of establishment: ?
- Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
- IUCN category: II
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The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 sparked the interest of United States expansion to the west coast. A few weeks after the purchase, United States President, Thomas Jefferson, an advocate of western expansion, had Congress appropriate $2500, "to send intelligent officers with ten or twelve men, to explore even to the western ocean." They were to study the Indian tribes, botany, geology and wildlife in the region. He selected Captain Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition, known as the Corps of Discovery, and William Clark as his lieutenant.
The group,consisting of 33 members, departed from Camp Dubois and began their historic journey on May 14, 1804. They soon met-up with Lewis in Saint Louis, Missouri and the approximately forty men followed the Missouri River westward (On August 20, 1804 The Corps of Discovery suffered its first and only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis). The group followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska, crossed the Rocky Mountains and descended by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River through what is now Portland, Oregon until they reached the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1805. The explorers started their journey home on March 23, 1806 and arrived on September 23.
In the Ken Burns documentary aired on PBS about Lewis and Clark, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, author of the book "Undaunted Courage" about the expedition, compared the significance and impact of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to Americans of that era to the American landing on the moon for subsequent generations. The expedition not only answered questions about vast uncharted areas of North America (everything between the Missouri River in North Dakota to Mount Hood in western Oregon) but also gave Americans an electrifying sense of the vastness of their new country after the Louisiana Purchase and America's almost limitless natural resources and potential as an emergent nation. He also views the expedition as a quintessimal America saga, with a cast of characters that included a French Canadian trapper, the Indian woman Sacajawea who carried her infant throughout the trip, President Thomas Jefferson, the heroic personalities and comaraderie of both Captain Lewis and Captain Clark, a platoon of American soldiers reminiscent of Rogers Rangers, the muscular Black American servant of Lewis named York, colorful Indian tribes (Sioux, Mandans, Nez Perce, Blackfeet), Captain Lewis' shaggy dog, numerous close shaves with death for everyone on the expedition, quick "think-on-your-feet" diplomatic innovation to defuse hostility and enlist the support of exotic tribes, scientific observation of awe-inspiring naturalistic phenomenon, a case of close combat with Indians, encounters with grizzly bears, harrowing navigation of wild rivers amidst magnificent scenery, and a difficult passage through the snow clad Bitterroot Mountains of Western Montana and Idaho. Despite all the trials, tribulations, and close calls, the expedition did not lose a person between North Dakota and Oregon and the return trip. "Undaunted Courage" reads like real life imitating Hollywood, which makes it all the more surprising that Hollywood has never made a feature motion picture about the epic journey.
A contemporary explorer was Zebulon Pike (as in Pikes Peak) who in 1805-1807 traveled from the upper Mississippi River down to the Spanish territories near the Rocky Mountains.
Accomplishments of the Expedition
- The U.S. gained an extensive knowledge of the geography of the West in the form of maps of major rivers and mountain ranges
- Naming of several hundred unknown species of animals and plants; plant samples were brought back to the States for analysis by top scientists
- Opened fur trade in the West
- Paved the way for peaceful relations with the Indians
- Established a precedent for Army exploration of the West
- Strengthened the U.S. claim to Oregon Territory
- Focused U.S. and media attention on the West
- Produced the first literature about the West (the Lewis and Clark diaries)
Books: "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen E. Ambrose
See also: History of United States
External link
- The journals of the Lewis & Clark expedition
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Synonyms: ExpeditionSynonyms: despatch (n), dispatch (n), excursion (n), expeditiousness (n), hostile expedition (n), jaunt (n), junket (n), military expedition (n), outing (n), pleasure trip (n), sashay (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness; Adjective: velocity; alacrity, despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste; punctuality; (early). |
Journey | Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt. |
Velocity | Noun: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness; Adjective: rapidity, eagle speed; expedition; (activity); pernicity; acceleration; haste. |
Warfare | Battle array, campaign, crusade, expedition, operations; mobilization; state of siege; battlefield, theater of operations; (arena); warpath. |
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Screenplays | This will not be an easy mission - monkeys slow the expedition. (Jumanji; writing credit: Greg Taylor) I hear you're planning another archeological expedition. Cornelius, a friendly word of warning -- as you dig for artifacts, be sure you don't bury your reputation (Planet of the Apes; writing credit: Pierre Boulle; Michael Wilson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Happy Tots' Expedition (1940) Scrappy's Expedition (1934) Canadian Government Arctic Expedition of 1925 (1926) A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 (1918) Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Expedition Into the Wilds (1918) | |
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 | B. H. Rigg checking tide gauge C&GS officer accompanying MacMillan Arctic Expedition Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Trincomalee Canyon, Sri Lanka Surveyed by PIONEER Survey made during International Indian Ocean Expedition. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The first iceberg seen during the expedition. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Cross erected on Observation Hill, a 600-foot cinder cone. A memorial to the Scott Expedition. Inscription reads: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Title page of Edwards Forbes' paper concerning a dredging expedition in the Aegean Sea. Forbes set forth the concept that no life existed below 300 fathoms inspiring numerous pioneeer oceanographers to devise means to prove him wrong. In: The Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the year 1843. NOAA Central Library Journal collection. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y. Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. This instrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was used regularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Dr. Tony Picciolo on collecting expedition in pre-revolutionary Cuba. En route to the Sierra Maestra mountain range of eastern Cuba to collect fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. Credit: Small World. |  | Dave Hardy, NODC scientist on collecting expedition in the Sierra Maestra Mountains in eastern Cuba. Credit: Small World. |
 | Wow, dad look what I caught! Charles Golden and his daughter enjoy a fishing expedition on Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Unknown. |  | National Geographic Expedition (1935)Lower Salmon RiverCottonwood Field OfficeUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: LuVerne Grussing. |
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| "Malka parbat" by Umayr Sahlan Masud Commentary: "Queen of mountains, as seen from saifulmalook.. its said no expedition has been able to climb this one till date: :)." |
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 | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. | | Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | Moreover, for all those possessions, from which anyone has, without the lawful judgment of his peers, been disseised or removed, by our father, King Henry, or by our brother, King Richard, and which we retain in our hand (or which as possessed by others, to whom we are bound to warrant them) we shall have respite until the usual term of crusaders; excepting those things about which a plea has been raised, or an inquest made by our order, before our taking of the cross; but as soon as we return from the expedition, we will immediately grant full justice therein. (reference) |
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Economic History | Seychelles | In 1742, the French Governor of Mauritius, Mahe de Labourdonais, sent an expedition to the islands. (references) |
Seychelles | A second expedition in 1756 reasserted formal possession by France and gave the islands their present name in honor of the French finance minister under King Louis XV. The new French colony barely survived its first decade and did not begin to flourish until 1794, when Queau de Quincy became commandant. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | The family of four--Cruz (age 50), Lorenzo (age 28), Ana Maria (age 25), and Rosa Maria Flores (age 9)--had returned from a hunting expedition and were eating when a group of eight nonindigenous persons armed with machetes and firearms attacked them. (references) |
Travel | Chile | Travelers considering scientific, technical, or mountaineering activities in areas classified as frontier areas are required to obtain authorization from the Chilean Government at least 90 days prior to the beginning of any expedition. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to wher we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | The expedition, ably conducted by both the land and the naval commanders, was otherwise highly valuable in its effects. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | WRT the other act alleged, that this Government had tolerated or protected an expedition against Texas, it is utterly without foundation. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | In inviting the attention of Congress to the subject of internal improvements upon a view thus enlarged it is not my desire to recommend the equipment of an expedition for circumnavigating the globe for purposes of scientific research and inquiry. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Abuses have been reformed, increased expedition in the transportation of the mail secured, and its revenue much improved. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We must assure our pre-eminence in the peaceful exploration of outer space, focusing on an expedition to the moon in this decade-in cooperation with other powers if possible, alone if necessary. |
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| "Expedition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.97% of the time. "Expedition" is used about 1,066 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.97% | 1,055 | 7,090 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.84% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (common) | 0.19% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,066 | N/A |
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Expressions using "expedition": expedition center ♦ expedition liqueur ♦ exploration expedition ♦ fishing expedition ♦ Florida Aquanaut Research Expedition ♦ geographic expedition ♦ hostile expedition ♦ hunting expedition ♦ military expedition ♦ punitive expedition ♦ ravaging expedition ♦ response and expedition prepaid ♦ roving expedition ♦ war expedition. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "expedition": E-expedition, pre-expedition, Siboga-expedition. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "expedition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ekspeditë, dërgim (consignment, despatch, dispatch, remittance, sending, shipment). (various references) | |
Arabic | حملة (attack, campaign, drive, operation, push), سرعة (alacrity, blast, career, despatch, dispatch, gait, haste, hastiness, hurry, lick, pace, pizzazz, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, smartness, speed, spurt, swiftness, tilt, velocity), عجلة (haste, hurry, promptitude, quickness, urgency, wheel), إرسال (despatch, dispatch, posting, radio, send, send off, sending away, signalling, transmission), بعثة (delegation, mission). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | точност (accuracy, delicacy, distinctness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, literality, minuteness, nearness, neatness, nicety, particularity, precision, promptitude, punctuality, rigor, rigour, strictness), експедиция, акуратност (accuracy, exactitude, orderliness, thoroughness), бързина (agility, celerity, dispatch, fastness, haste, hastiness, lick, precipitance, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, readiness, speed, swiftness), поход (crusade, excursion), изпълнителност (efficiency). (various references) | |
Chinese | 远征 (Expeditionary), 遠征 , 征戰 (campaign), 征 (attack, journey, levy, trip). (various references) | |
Czech | rychlé vyřízení, chvat (clutch, grip, haste, hold, hurry). (various references) | |
Danish | ekspeditionslikør (expedition liqueur, liqueur d'expédition). (various references) | |
Dutch | expeditie. (various references) | |
Esperanto | ekspedicio. (various references) | |
Faeroese | rannsóknarferð. (various references) | |
Farsi | هلیت اعزامی , تسریع (Speedup), سفر (Journey, Junket, Pilgrimage, Progress, Rake, Tour, Trade, Trek, Trip, Voyage), اردوکشی . (various references) | |
Finnish | retkikunta, retki (excursion, outing, picnic, trip, walking tour). (various references) | |
French | expédition, vitesse, diligence, accélération. (various references) | |
German | Entdeckungsreise (voyage of discovery). (various references) | |
Greek | εκστρατεία (campaign). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משלוח (consignment, sending, shipment, shipping, transport), משלחת (contingent, delegacy, delegation, deputation, errand, mission), זריזות (agility, alertness, dexterity, facility, knack, liveliness, nimbleness, pep, pertness, quickness, skill), סיור (excursion, round, sightseeing, tour, visit). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hadjárat (campaign, canvassing, drive), expedíció, gyorsaság (agility, celerity, fastness, haste, hastiness, pace, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, speed, swiftness, velocity), felfedező út (exploration), fürgeség (agility, alacrity, briskness, deftness, dexterity, nimbleness, snap, swiftness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | eksepedisi. (various references) | |
Italian | spedizione (consignment, despatch, dispatch, forwarding, forwarding agency, posting, programme, remittance, sending, shipment, shipping, transmission). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 遠征 (campaign, performer's tour). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たんけん (dagger, exploration, hour hand, narrow view), すいし (becoming emaciated and die, dispatch of troops, drowning, instruction, on the verge of dying, wither away), しゅつぐん (excellence, pre-eminence), しゅっぺい (dispatch of troops), せいと (adherent, disciple, pupil, star, the path of life, the world), エクスペディション , えんせい (away series, campaign, complaint, leaden, made of lead, malleability, murmur, pessimism, tour, weariness with life). (various references) | |
Korean | 탐험 (Exploration, Exploratory). (various references) | |
Manx | turrys (crossing, crossing of sea, excursion, itinerary, jaunt, journey, outing, passage, progress, run, tour, transit, transit of planet, trip, walk, walk of postman), siyraghey (accelerate, acceleration, bustling about, expedite, hasten, hastening, hurry, hurry along, hurry up, hustle), jurnaa (journey, sea crossing, trip). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ekspedisjon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | expeditionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | expedição (delivery, despatch, dispatch, mail, ploy, sending, shipment, shipping, transport). (various references) | |
Romanian | expediţie (campaign, dispatching, excursion, sending), promptitudine (dispatch, enterprise, expedience, expediency, forwardness, promptitude, readiness), grabã (cursoriness, dispatch, forwardness, haste, hastiness, hurry, pelt, press, quickness, rapture, readiness, rush, scamper, speed). (various references) | |
Russian | экспедиция. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekspedicija. (various references) | |
Spanish | expedición (dispatch). (various references) | |
Swedish | expedition (dispatch, execution, exploration, forwarding, mailing, office, orderly room, posting, sending, serving of customers), utflykt (airing, excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, picknic, picnic, ramble, Sally, trip), tåg (March, marching, procession, rope, train, trains), skyndsamhet (hurry, promptness, speediness), forskningsresa (exploration expedition), färd (drive, flight, journey, passage, ride, tour, transit, trip, voyage). (various references) | |
Thai | การเตรียมพร้อม. (various references) | |
Turkish | sevk (Conn, consignment, dispatch, driving, forwarding, sending), sefer (campaign, headway, journey, navigation, ploy, run, voyage), hız (bat, career, celerity, dispatch, haste, impetus, lick, pace, pelt, quickness, raciness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, swiftness, tilt, velocity), acele (bustle, discomposedly, dispatch, early, fast, flying, haste, hastily, hasty, hotfoot, hurried, hurriedly, hurry, hurry up, in a hurry, in haste, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitate, press, pressing, quick, rapid, rush, speedy, swift, too previous, urgency, urgent, whirl), çabukluk (celerity, fastness, haste, lightness, nimbleness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, readiness, speed, speediness, swiftness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ekspedisiяa (r) (dispatch office). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відправка, експедиція. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính mau lẹ (expeditiousness, speediness), tính khẩn trương (expeditiousness), cuộc viễn chinh, cuộc đi (tour), đoàn thám hiểm cuộc hành trình, đội viễn chinh cuộc thám hiểm. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymgyrch (campaign). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | kaskal. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | expeditione, expeditionem. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "expedition": expeditionary, expeditions. (additional references) | |
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"Expedition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dxpedition, expadition, Expedicio, expedicion, expedicione, expeditio, expeditioning, expendition, expesition, expetition, expidition, expotition. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "expedition" (pronounced e'kspudi"shun) |
| 6 | -u d i" sh u n | addition, edition, erudition, extradition, sedition, tradition. |
| 5 | -d i" sh u n | audition, condition, precondition, recondition, rendition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | fission, academician, abolition, acquisition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, composition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, electrician, emission, exhibition, exposition, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, transition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-o-p-t-x" | |
-1 letter: pentoxide. | |
-3 letters: edition, epidote, epoxide, epoxied, pentode, pointed. | |
-4 letters: denote, depone, dioxin, dipnet, endite, exited, expend, extend, indite, iodine, opened, opined, peined, pinite, pitied, podite, pointe, ponied, poteen, tiepin, tineid, toxine. | |
-5 letters: depot, detox, dexie, diene, dixit, donee, doxie, epode, exine, idiot, index, indie, inept, iodin, netop, nitid, nixed, nixie, noted, opine, opted, oxide. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-o-p-t-x" | |
+1 letter: expeditions. | |
+3 letters: expeditionary. | |
+5 letters: expeditiousness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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