Word: Excursion
How to pronounce: ɪksˈkɜːʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity.
Example sentences: "An excursion to Mount Etna"
2. A deviation from a regular pattern, path, or level of operation.
Example sentences: "The firm's disastrous excursion into the US electrical market"
3. An instance of the movement of something along a path or through an angle.
Example sentences: "Large excursions of the hip and knee joint"
4. A military sortie.
Synonyms:
tour
trip
sightseeing tour
sightseeing
fieldtrip
jaunts
expedition
jaunt
hike
outing
digression
Antonyms:
connection
Derivations:
excursionist
excursus
excursive
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Excursion in Other Languages...
Spanish: Excursion
German: Ausflug
French: Excursion
Italian: Escursione
Turkish: Gezi
