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- pronunciation:
- ek
spih
dI
sh
 n
- features:
- Word History, Word Parts
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noun |
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a journey taken for a reason, or a group taking such a trip.
The scientists made an expedition to the rain forest.The expedition ran into trouble when its boat sprang a leak.- similar words:
- adventure, excursion, exploration, field trip, journey, outing, pilgrimage, safari, trip, voyage
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travel, trek |
Expedition comes from a Latin word that means "to free the feet." "Ped," which forms part of the word "expedition," means "foot" or "feet" in Latin. Other English words which contain "ped" and come from Latin include pedal and quadruped.
The word expedition
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exhaust, exit, expedition, expel, expensive, export, extract
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
ped1, pedi, -pede
Latin
root
that means foot, feet
Example words:
- synonyms:
- pod, pode
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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