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{
"term": "expedition",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known",
"sensetop": "expedition to somethingon an expedition",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to plan/lead/go on an expedition"
},
{
"text": "Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole",
"contextForm": "expedition to something"
},
{
"text": "Hawkins had died on the same expedition a few weeks earlier.",
"contextForm": "on an expedition"
},
{
"text": "He had made two expeditions to Spain to study wild plants."
},
{
"text": "He led a military expedition against the rebels."
},
{
"text": "John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to the Arctic"
},
{
"text": "Spanish exploratory expeditions in the 16th century"
},
{
"text": "The British agreed to a joint expedition with the French."
},
{
"text": "They plan to launch an expedition into the mountains."
},
{
"text": "an expedition into the interior of Australia"
},
{
"text": "The first successful expedition was in 1894."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "little", "small"],
"verb + expedition": ["go on", "make", "embark on"],
"expedition + verb": ["leave", "set off", "set out"],
"expedition + noun": ["leader", "member", "party"],
"preposition": [
"on an/the expedition",
"expedition against",
"expedition into"
],
"phrases": ["the leader of an expedition", "a member of an expedition"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the people who go on an expedition",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Five members of Scott's expedition made it to the South Pole."
},
{
"text": "The expedition returned only two weeks after it had left."
},
{
"text": "Finally, the great expedition set off for the long journey north."
},
{
"text": "On 21 January the expedition reached the South Pole."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "little", "small"],
"verb + expedition": ["go on", "make", "embark on"],
"expedition + verb": ["leave", "set off", "set out"],
"expedition + noun": ["leader", "member", "party"],
"preposition": [
"on an/the expedition",
"expedition against",
"expedition into"
],
"phrases": ["the leader of an expedition", "a member of an expedition"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a short trip that you make when you want or need something",
"labels": "(sometimes humorous)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Win a fantastic shopping expedition to New York!"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "little", "small"],
"verb + expedition": ["go on", "make", "embark on"],
"expedition + verb": ["leave", "set off", "set out"],
"expedition + noun": ["leader", "member", "party"],
"preposition": [
"on an/the expedition",
"expedition against",
"expedition into"
],
"phrases": ["the leader of an expedition", "a member of an expedition"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspəˈdɪʃn/",
"audio": "ex/expedition/expedition__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspəˈdɪʃn/",
"audio": "ex/expedition/expedition__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin expeditio(n-), from expedire ‘extricate’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. Early senses included ‘prompt supply of something’ and ‘setting out with aggressive intent’. The notions of ‘speed’ and ‘purpose’ are retained in current senses. Sense (1) dates from the late 16th cent."
}