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- peregrination
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noun as in journey
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It’s important that your significant other or family is supportive, since your new obsession will likely become all-consuming, and most of your outdoor excursions will now revolve around searching for animal poop in the woods.
Insulated, waterproof footwear like the Paninaro Omni-Heat Tall Boot will go a long way in making your snow bike or snowshoe excursion a treat rather than a trial.
More time outdoors has been great for dialing in our kit for weekend excursions.
The thought of being able to knock out a three-day excursion with just a single carry-on is tantalizing.
I’ve spent the past two months testing the pack on a handful of short camp-outs and a seven-day family surf excursion, and the SEG42 delivered the organization I desperately needed.
It is disappointing and, frankly, frightening that Thompson walked away from his repugnant Sea World excursion scot-free.
Several events specifically cater to kids, making this a fun excursion for the whole family.
I learned a lot about myself on that excursion, and from the trip as a whole.
There was, instead, a nauseating excursion into base and sad fantasies.
While a two-day feeding frenzy makes for a fun excursion, the human body is only capable of so much consumption.
Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.
The other day an excursion was arranged to Sondershausen, a town about three hours' ride from Weimar in the cars.
We got back to Weimar about eight in the evening, and this delicious excursion, like all others, had to end.
To my friends ever since I have not failed to recommend the passage of the Butterley tunnel as a desirable pleasure excursion.
From childhood I had longed to see something of the world, and this excursion to Paris was the first gratification of that wish.
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noun as in deviation; straying
- obiter dictum
- parenthesis
noun as in digression
noun as in journey by vehicle
- Sunday drive
noun as in journey; people on a journey
- exploration
- peregrination
- undertaking
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[ ik- skur -zh uh n , -sh uh n ]
a pleasure excursion; a scientific excursion.
weekend excursions to mountain resorts.
an excursion of tourists.
excursions into futile philosophizing.
- Physics. the displacement of a body or a point from a mean position or neutral value, as in an oscillation.
- an accidental increase in the power level of a reactor, usually forcing its emergency shutdown.
- the range of stroke of any moving part.
- the stroke itself.
- Obsolete. a sally or raid.
verb (used without object)
- to go on or take an excursion.
an excursion fare; an excursion bus.
/ -ʒən; ɪkˈskɜːʃən /
- a short outward and return journey, esp for relaxation, sightseeing, etc; outing
- a group of people going on such a journey
an excursion ticket
an excursion into politics
- (formerly) a raid or attack
- a movement from an equilibrium position, as in an oscillation
- the magnitude of this displacement
- the normal movement of a movable bodily organ or part from its resting position, such as the lateral movement of the lower jaw
- machinery the locus of a point on a moving part, esp the deflection of a whirling shaft
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- ex·cursion·al ex·cursion·ary adjective
- preex·cursion noun
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It is disappointing and, frankly, frightening that Thompson walked away from his repugnant Sea World excursion scot-free.
Several events specifically cater to kids, making this a fun excursion for the whole family.
I learned a lot about myself on that excursion, and from the trip as a whole.
There was, instead, a nauseating excursion into base and sad fantasies.
While a two-day feeding frenzy makes for a fun excursion, the human body is only capable of so much consumption.
Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.
The other day an excursion was arranged to Sondershausen, a town about three hours' ride from Weimar in the cars.
We got back to Weimar about eight in the evening, and this delicious excursion, like all others, had to end.
To my friends ever since I have not failed to recommend the passage of the Butterley tunnel as a desirable pleasure excursion.
From childhood I had longed to see something of the world, and this excursion to Paris was the first gratification of that wish.
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Definition of excursion noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
- trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again: a business trip a five-minute trip by taxi
- journey an act of traveling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart: a long and difficult journey across the mountains
- A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
- tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: a tour of California
- commute the regular trip that a person makes when they travel to work and back home again: a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
- expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: the first expedition to the South Pole
- excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
- outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: My project team organized an afternoon outing to celebrate.
- an overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/train trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to take a(n) trip/journey/expedition/excursion
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Synonyms for EXCURSION: tour, jaunt, expedition, outing, travel(s), sortie, junket, journey, detour, voyage. Games & Quizzes; Games & Quizzes; Word of the Day ... Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Merriam-Webster unabridged. Can you solve 4 words at once?
Find 18 different ways to say EXCURSION, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
excursion: 1 n a journey taken for pleasure "many summer excursions to the shore" Synonyms: expedition , jaunt , junket , outing , pleasure trip , sashay Types: airing a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air field trip a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination Type of: journey , ...
Synonyms for excursion include trip, journey, outing, expedition, jaunt, tour, junket, spin, sally and ramble. Find more similar words at wordhippo.com!
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expedition. ramble. day trip. jaunt. awayday. pleasure trip. See examples for synonyms. 2 (noun) in the sense of digression. All these alarms and excursions diverted attention from the main point of the meeting.
Synonyms for EXCURSION: jaunt, outing, trip, junket, journey, digression, expedition, tour, cruise, diversion, hike, ride, safari, sail, sortie, lionism, trek ...
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Synonyms for EXCURSION in English: trip, airing, tour, journey, outing, expedition, ramble, day trip, jaunt, awayday, …
EXCURSION definition: 1. a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: 2. a short involvement…. Learn more.
EXCURSION meaning: 1. a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: 2. a short involvement…. Learn more.
Synonyms trip trip journey tour expedition excursion outing day out These are all words for an act of travelling to a place. trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:. a business trip; a five-minute trip by taxi; journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:. a long and difficult journey across the mountains
8 meanings: 1. a short outward and return journey, esp for relaxation, sightseeing, etc; outing 2. a group of people going on.... Click for more definitions.
Excursion definition: a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return. See examples of EXCURSION used in a sentence.
Excursion definition: A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.
Excursion definition: . See examples of EXCURSION used in a sentence.
1 a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people They've gone on an excursion to New York. There are regular weekend excursions throughout the summer. Thesaurus trip. journey; tour; commute; expedition; excursion; outing; These are all words for an act of traveling to a place.
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excursion (third-person singular simple present excursions, present participle excursioning, simple past and past participle excursioned) (intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.1825, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Wordsworth, 6 April, 1825, in The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume I, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, p. 249, Yesterday I excursioned twenty miles; to-day I write a ...
excursion in American English. (ɪkˈskɜːrʒən, -ʃən) noun. 1. a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return. a pleasure excursion. a scientific excursion. 2. a trip on a train, ship, etc., at a reduced rate.
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