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expedition

/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ sustantivo B2

En español: expedición

  1. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose. (countable, uncountable) · a naval expedition· a scientific expedition
  4. The group of people making such excursion. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The process or activities of performing expediter tasks. (countable, uncountable)

Plural expeditions

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In all probability, therefore, the Transteverin was no other than the bandit Luigi Vampa himself, and the man shrouded in the mantle the same he had known as “Sinbad the Sailor,” but who, no doubt, was still pursuing his philanthropic expedition in Rome, as he had already done at Porto-Vecchio and Tunis.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 386 · C1
Now, all these rooms are unfurnished and unoccupied so that his expedition became more mysterious than ever.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 101 · C1
This, then, was the explanation of the stealthy expeditions at night and the light at the window.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 118 · C1
In five minutes we were outside the door, starting upon our expedition.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 121 · C1

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