The boy dreamed of going on an Antarctic expedition.
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Expedition
Synonyms for "expedition" (150 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
expeditiousnessexplorationfacilitationfastnessflightflitflurryforwardingfurtherancegoodwillgrand tourground speedhastehasteninghelping alongholy warhurryhustleimmediacyimmediateness
Noun(15 words)
expeditiousnessexplorationexplorationsforayfrontier expeditionhostile expeditionhuntsjauntjourneyjourneyingjourneysjunketmilitary expeditionmissionsmore campaign-related
Related words (75)
nimblenessoutingpackage tourperegrinationperegrinationspilgrimagepleasure tripprecipitationpreferential treatmentprogresspromotionpromptitudepromptnesspunctualitypunctualnessquestquickeningquicknessrapidityreadiness
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rideround paceround triprpmrubberneck tourrunrushrushingrustlesafarisallysharpnessshootsimplificationsimplifyingsmartnesssmoothingsnappinessspecial treatmentspeedspeedinessspeedingsprynessstalkstreamliningsummarinessswift rateswiftnesstourtraveltravelstrektripturnundertakingvelocityvoyagewar
Noun(16 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriescampaigncelerityjourneyjourneyingmilitary campaignmilitary operationquicknessrapidityrapidnessspeedinesstravelworking groupworking party
More specific
6 entriesarctic expeditionexploratory expeditionmountain campaignnight raidresearch expeditionsiege expedition
Collocations
6 entriesarctic expeditionexpedition leaderexpedition teamexploratory expeditionmilitary expeditionscientific expedition
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 7 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στόλος noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Finnish
1 entries- retkikunta noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Hungarian
1 entries- felfedezőcsapat noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Māori
1 entries- pahī noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppdagelsesreise noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Swedish
1 entries- expedition noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Zazaki
1 entries- geyrık noun (a group of people making a long trip)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Who was the leader of the expedition?
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We encountered a lot of difficulties on the expedition.
Source: tatoeba (49469)
So far we have had no news as to which route the expedition has taken.
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Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.