excursion

excursion
ex|cur|sion [ıkˈskə:ʃən US ıkˈskə:rʒən] n
[Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: excursio, from excurrere 'to run out']
1.) a short journey arranged so that a group of people can visit a place, especially while they are on holiday
excursion to
Included in the tour is an excursion to the Grand Canyon.
on an excursion
We went on an excursion to the Pyramids.
2.) a short journey made for a particular purpose
= ↑trip
a shopping excursion
3.) excursion into sth
formal an attempt to experience or learn about something that is new to you
the company's excursion into new markets

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  • excursion — [ ɛkskyrsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1530, rare av. XVIIIe; lat. excursio « voyage, incursion, digression », de excurrere « courir hors de » 1 ♦ Action de parcourir une région pour l explorer, la visiter. Partir en excursion, faire une excursion. Petite… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Excursión — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Una excursión es un recorrido o travesía, generalmente a pie, que tiene uno o más fines, que pueden ser: científicos, culturales, deportivos, educativos, militares, recreativos o turísticos. A la actividad de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Excursion — Ex*cur sion [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See {Excurrent}.] 1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. [1913 Webster] Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. [1913 Webster] They would make excursions and waste the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • excursion — [eks kʉr′zhən, eks kʉr′shən; iks kʉr′zhən, ikskʉr′shən] n. [L excursio, a running out or forth < excursus, pp. of excurrere: see EXCURRENT] 1. Obs. a military sortie; raid 2. a short trip taken with the intention of returning to the point of… …   English World dictionary

  • excursion — 1570s, a deviation in argument, also a military sally, from L. excursionem (nom. excursio) a running forth, sally, excursion, expedition, noun of action from pp. stem of excurrere run out, run forth, hasten, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • excursión — sustantivo femenino 1. Salida o viaje de corta duración, con fines educativos, deportivos o como pasatiempo: Salimos de excursión con la familia …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Excursion — (v. lat), 1) so v.w. Excurs, bes. 3); 2) kleine, wissenschaftliche, bes. botanische Reisen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Excursion — Excursion, lat. dtsch., Ausflug, kleine Reise …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • excursion — index detour Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • excursion — trip, jaunt, tour, cruise, *journey, voyage, expedition, pilgrimage Analogous words: ride, drive (see under RIDE vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • excursion — [n] journey circuit, cruise, day trip, digression, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, pleasure trip, ramble, round trip, safari, tour, trek, trip, walk, wandering; concepts 224,384 …   New thesaurus

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