expedition
     n 1: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective
          in a foreign country [syn: {military expedition}, {hostile
          expedition}]
     2: an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a
        particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore
        Mars"
     3: a journey organized for a particular purpose
     4: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
        shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
        sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion}, {jaunt}, {outing},
         {junket}, {pleasure trip}, {sashay}]
     5: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
        with dispatch" [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {expeditiousness}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0