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Meaning of 'excursion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Excursion
- A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
- A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
- A wandering from a subject; digression.
- Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Meaning of 'excursion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . excursion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a journey taken for pleasure
Example in sentence:
  • after cautious sashays into the field;
  • it was merely a pleasure trip;
  • many summer excursions to the shore

Nearby Words:

excalceate excalceation excalfaction excalfactive excalfactory excalibur excamb excambie excambion excambium

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