expedition

expedition

1. tutkimusretki, löytöretki; retkikunta

2. lähetys

3. sotaretki

Synonyymisanakirja

expedition

matka, matkailu, tutkimusmatka, tutkimusretki, tiedusteluretki, metsästysmatka, metsästysretki, safari, tutkimus, tutkimusmatkailu, ekskursio, huviretki, retki, huvimatka.

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Englannin sanakirja

expedition (englanti > suomi)

1. nopeus (1), tutkimusretki (3), retkikunta (4)

expedition englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To act of expedite expediting something; prompt execution.

2. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.

3. puhekieltä The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.

4. 1719, (w), w:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe:

one of them began to come nearer our boat than at first I expected; but I lay ready for him, for I had loaded my gun with all possible expedition ….

5. 1749, (w), Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 331:

he presently exerted his utmost agility, and with surprizing expedition ascended the hill.

6. 1979, (w), Smileys People'', Folio Society 2010, p. 33:

The photographer had photographed, the doctor had certified life extinct, the pathologist had inspected the body in situ as a prelude to conducting his autopsy – all with an expedition quite contrary to the proper pace of things, merely in order to clear the way for the visiting irregular, as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Crime and Ops) had liked to call him.

7. puhekieltä An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage

8. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

a naval expedition

a scientificexpedition

an expedition across the Alps

9. The group of people making such excursion.

10. an English expedition, a journey, a mission

11. an office

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