Definition: 1. 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. 3. A journey organized for a particular purpose. 4. A journey taken for pleasure. 5. The property of being prompt and efficient.
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Use 'expedition' in a sentence:
1. He's still hesitating about joining the expedition.
2. We must fit the expedition out with the best equipment.
3. Shirese's expedition was heroic.
4. Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.
5. The 12th expedition has been sent to explore this mysterious place, but their odds.
6. It won't be labelled in any way as a military expedition.
7. On the morning of the expedition, I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster.
8. an expedition planned down to the last detail.
9. Samples recovered from the expedition revealed important differences in chemical composition and fossil distribution among the sediment layers.
10. Neither expedition found any gold there.
11. I've been on expeditions in many places like China, Pakistan and so on.
12. The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather.
13. And when game moved out of the lowlands in early spring, the expedition decided to return east rather than face possible starvation.
14. The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole.
15. At last they were in the secret passage, and the cutting-out expedition had really begun!
16. The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
17. Some day someone will write the full epic of this exciting expedition.
18. They have gone on an expedition to the antarctic.
19. Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
20. Bad weather delayed the expedition and they didn't reach New Zealand until 8 February; Amundsen and Scott had already been in Antarctica for a month, preparing for winter.
21. On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster.
22. In some accounts, the leading African members of expedition parties—the "officers" or "foremen"—are identified, and their portraits published alongside those of European explorers.
23. Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition.
24. During the expedition, they trekked ten to thirteen hours a day.
25. They started on a dangerous expedition.
26. And may I make so bold as to ask what institution sponsored your husband's expedition?
27. He credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her.
28. The expedition team are now analysing their footage.
29. Scott and his crew stayed at the hut before their ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in January 1912.
30. We need to find sponsorships for the expedition.
31. This winter they'll interact with an expedition exploring Central America in search of the classic Maya culture.
32. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
33. I did ask him to pull some strings so that I could climb with an Indian expedition and he flapped this at "No".
34. Ten lesson plans—on topics ranging from the Maya language to the Maya creation myth—have been developed for the interactive expedition.
35. A British expedition last year came tantalisingly close to success, launching a robot to survey the expected resting site.
36. On this expedition, I was amazed to see them in great diversity.
37. This was not by any means a daring expedition into the outback, it was a very unambitious exploration.
38. Shubin distinguished himself by leading an expedition to the Arctic, which uncovered the remains of a fish with a wrist-a creature with part fin and limb.
39. A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey.
40. Some later expeditions fared better, though they were no better equipped.
41. The best part of his expedition had been the rediscovery of his natural passion for making things.
42. How did you expect us to proceed on such a perilous expedition, through unknown terrain.
43. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
44. His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.
45. She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.
46. The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.
47. A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
48. Five members of Scott's expedition made it to the South Pole.
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