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   excursion

   /ɪkˈskəːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity: "an excursion to London Zoo"
   • 2. a deviation from a regular activity or course: "the firm's disastrous excursion into the US electrical market"
   • ▪ a digression: archaic "pardon this long excursion on this subject"
   • 3. a movement of something along a path or through an angle: technical "large excursions of the hip and knee joint"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘act of running out’, also ‘sortie’ in the phrase alarums and excursions (see alarum): from Latin excursio(n-), from the verb excurrere ‘run out’, from ex- ‘out’ + currere ‘to run’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. excursionist noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEXCURSION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   EXCURSION definition: 1. a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: 2. a short involvement….

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEXCURSION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   EXCURSION meaning: 1. a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: 2. a short involvement….

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of excursion – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   EXCURSION definition: a short journey made by a group of people for pleasure: . Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEXCURSION | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   EXCURSION meaning: a short journey made by a group of people for pleasure: . Learn more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-chinese-simplifiedEXCURSION in Simplified Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary

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   EXCURSION translate: （常指结伴同行的）远足，短途旅行. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese simplified Dictionary.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEXCURSIONIST definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   EXCURSIONIST meaning: 1. a person who goes on an excursion (= a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group….

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › vi › dictionaryEXCURSION | Định nghĩa trong Từ điển tiếng Anh Cambridge

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   EXCURSION ý nghĩa, định nghĩa, EXCURSION là gì: 1. a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: 2. a short involvement….

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › pronunciation › englishEXCURSION | Pronunciation in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   EXCURSION pronunciation. How to say EXCURSION. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. Learn more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › example › englishEXCURSION in a sentence | Sentence examples by ... - Cambridge...

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    Examples of EXCURSION in a sentence, how to use it. 98 examples: There have been many such, mostly quantitative with occasional excursions into…

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › excursionEXCURSION - 10 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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    EXCURSION - Synonyms, related words and examples | Cambridge English Thesaurus