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Definition of Excursion
1. Noun. A journey taken for pleasure. "After cautious sashays into the field"
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying
Specialized synonyms: Airing, Field Trip
Derivative terms: Excursionist, Jaunt, Junket
2. Noun. Wandering from the main path of a journey.
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying
Derivative terms: Digress, Excursionist
Definition of Excursion
1. Noun. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excursion
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Excursion
1. Any movement from one point to another, usually with the implied idea of returning again to the original position. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excursion
Literary usage of Excursion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1909)
"The Question of the School excursion LEWIS W. HINE, ETHICAL CULTURE SCHOOL, ...
Several hundred years ago, Comenius stated,his excursion creed thus : " Come ..."
2. Italy, Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1896)
"excursion to Malta 378 Environs of Sassari. Osilo; Sennori; Alghero, 377. 42.
excursion to Tunis. Carthage 381 43. excursion to Corfu 389 From Tunis to ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"THE excursion 1814 This will never do ! It bears no doubt the stamp of the author's
heart and fancy : But unfortunately not half so visibly as that of his ..."
4. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. CHAPTER XXVII. ANOTHER excursion. ... duck-pond were free
from all traces of serpents, I proposed a second excursion to Wood Grange. ..."
5. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1864)
"A considerable saving of money and time is effected by preparing beforehand a
plan for an excursion which shall embrace as many details as possible. ..."
6. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL excursion BY LW ... It is interesting to note that as
far back as Commenius the excursion was advocated along many different ..."
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