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  1. 1. n. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a journey organized for a particular purpose Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a journey taken for pleasure Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the property of being prompt and efficient Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance. 2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. Putting it straight in expedition. 3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion. The expedition miserably failed. Prescott. Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. J. C. Fremont. Source: webster
  10. 10. n:100 n. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country n. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose n. a journey organized for a particular purpose Source: ecdict

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