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Definition of excursion noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

• trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again: a business trip a five-minute trip by taxi
• journey an act of traveling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart: a long and difficult journey across the mountains
• A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
• tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: a tour of California
• commute the regular trip that a person makes when they travel to work and back home again: a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
• expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: the first expedition to the South Pole
• excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
• outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: My project team organized an afternoon outing to celebrate.
• an overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
• a bus/train trip/journey/tour
• to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing
• to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
• to take a(n) trip/journey/expedition/excursion

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• 2 excursion into something ( formal ) a short period of trying a new or different activity After a brief excursion into drama, he concentrated on his main interest, which was poetry.

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• American English : excursion / ɪkˈskɜrʒən /
• Brazilian Portuguese : excursão
• Chinese : 短途旅行
• European Spanish : excursión
• French : excursion
• German : Ausflug
• Italian : escursione
• Japanese : 小旅行
• Korean : 짧은 여행
• European Portuguese : excursão
• Spanish : excursión
• Thai : การเที่ยวพักผ่อนหย่อนใจ, การเที่ยวช่วงสั้นๆ

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ex·cur·sion

Ex•cur•sion.

A journey is the process of travelling from one place to another by land, air, or sea.

A trip is the process of travelling from one place to another, staying there, usually for a short time, and coming back again.

A voyage is a long journey from one place to another in a ship or spacecraft.

An excursion is a short trip made either as a tourist or in order to do a particular thing.

You make or go on a journey.

You take or go on a trip.

You make a voyage.

You go on an excursion.

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[ ik- skur -zh uh n , -sh uh n ]

a pleasure excursion; a scientific excursion.

weekend excursions to mountain resorts.

an excursion of tourists.

excursions into futile philosophizing.

• Physics. the displacement of a body or a point from a mean position or neutral value, as in an oscillation.
• an accidental increase in the power level of a reactor, usually forcing its emergency shutdown.
• the range of stroke of any moving part.
• the stroke itself.
• Obsolete. a sally or raid.

verb (used without object)

• to go on or take an excursion.

an excursion fare; an excursion bus.

/ -ʒən; ɪkˈskɜːʃən /

• a short outward and return journey, esp for relaxation, sightseeing, etc; outing
• a group of people going on such a journey

an excursion ticket

an excursion into politics

• (formerly) a raid or attack
• a movement from an equilibrium position, as in an oscillation
• the magnitude of this displacement
• the normal movement of a movable bodily organ or part from its resting position, such as the lateral movement of the lower jaw
• machinery the locus of a point on a moving part, esp the deflection of a whirling shaft

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It is disappointing and, frankly, frightening that Thompson walked away from his repugnant Sea World excursion scot-free.

Several events specifically cater to kids, making this a fun excursion for the whole family.

I learned a lot about myself on that excursion, and from the trip as a whole.

There was, instead, a nauseating excursion into base and sad fantasies.

While a two-day feeding frenzy makes for a fun excursion, the human body is only capable of so much consumption.

Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.

The other day an excursion was arranged to Sondershausen, a town about three hours' ride from Weimar in the cars.

We got back to Weimar about eight in the evening, and this delicious excursion, like all others, had to end.

To my friends ever since I have not failed to recommend the passage of the Butterley tunnel as a desirable pleasure excursion.

From childhood I had longed to see something of the world, and this excursion to Paris was the first gratification of that wish.

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What does the noun excursion mean?

There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun excursion , six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

excursion has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

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Earliest known use

The earliest known use of the noun excursion is in the late 1500s.

OED's earliest evidence for excursion is from 1574, in the writing of John Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury.

excursion is a borrowing from Latin.

It is derived from Latin excursiōn-em .

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• exculpative, adj. a1832–
• exculpatory, adj. 1781–
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• excuriate, v. 1656–76
• excuriation, n. 1658
• excurrency, n. 1650–
• excurrent, adj. 1605–
• excurse, n. 1587
• excurse, v. 1748–
• excursion, n. 1574–
• excursion, v. 1792–
• excursional, adj. 1848–
• excursionary, adj. 1769–
• excursioner, n. 1786
• excursionism, n. 1886–
• excursionist, n. 1829–
• excursionize, v. 1827–
• excursive, adj. 1673–
• excursively, adv. 1791–
• excursiveness, n. 1753–

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excursion, n. was first published in 1894; not yet revised.

excursion, n. was last modified in September 2023.

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