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Expedition — Expedition … Deutsch Wörterbuch
expédition — [ ɛkspedisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. expeditio I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx Action d expédier (I, 1o) ce qu on a à faire. L expédition d une affaire. ⇒ achèvement, exécution. Admin. Le président du Conseil démissionnaire est chargé de l expédition des affaires… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Expedition 26 — Mission insignia Number of crew 6 Launch craft Soyuz TMA 01M, Soyuz TMA 20 Start 26 November 2010 04:46 UTC … Wikipedia
Expedition — Ex pe*di tion, n. [L. expeditio: cf.F. exp[ e]dition.] 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. [1913 Webster] With winged expedition [1913 Webster] Swift as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expedition — Expedition. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on expedie. Prompte expedition. Il se dit des depesches, des lettres qu on expedie, soit missives particulieres, soit ordres, instructions, memoires, soit actes de Justice. Ce Courrier attend ses… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Expedition — may refer to: * A journey undertaken for a specific purpose, usually exploration and/or research *Military expedition * Expedition , the science fiction book by Wayne Douglas Barlowe. * Ford Expedition, a Ford Motor Company s large sports utility … Wikipedia
Expedition — Sf std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. expedītio ( ōnis) Erledigung, Abfertigung, Feldzug , einem Abstraktum zu l. expedīre erledigen, losmachen, eigentlich den Fuß aus Fesseln befreien , einer Präfixableitung zu l. pēs (pedis) m. Fuß .… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
expedition — et achevement, Confectio. Expedition et charge de conduire une armée, Ducatus. La chose sera de longue expedition, Longe res abibit, B. ex Vlp … Thresor de la langue françoyse
expedition — UK US /ˌekspɪˈdɪʃən/ noun [U] FORMAL ► speed in doing something: »We will deal with your order with the greatest possible expedition … Financial and business terms
expedition — early 15c., military campaign; the act of rapidly setting forth, from M.Fr. expédition (13c.) and directly from L. expeditionem (nom. expeditio), noun of action from pp. stem of expidere (see EXPEDITE (Cf. expedite)). Meaning journey for some… … Etymology dictionary
expedition — [n1] journey; people on a journey campaign, caravan, cavalcade, company, crew, crowd, cruise, crusade, enterprise, entrada, excursion, exploration, explorers, fleet, jaunt, junket, mission, outing, party, patrol, peregrination, picnic, posse,… … New thesaurus
