expedition: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ major
▪ a major expedition to climb Mount Everest
▪ little, small
▪ international, joint
▪ The Canadians agreed to a joint expedition with the French.
▪ foreign
▪ successful
▪ ill-fated
▪ John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to the Arctic
▪ climbing, diving, fishing, hunting, scouting, shopping, etc.
▪ archaeological, research, scientific
▪ military, naval
▪ punitive
▪ The army sent a punitive expedition into Mexico.
▪ Antarctic, Everest, etc.
▪ British, Spanish, etc.
▪ Spanish exploratory expeditions in the 16th century
VERB + EXPEDITION
▪ go on, make
▪ He had made two expeditions to Spain to study wild plants.
▪ embark on, set off on, set out on, undertake
▪ She was about to embark on a major expedition.
▪ head, lead
▪ join
▪ accompany
▪ Every scientific expedition was accompanied by a photographer.
▪ organize, plan
▪ launch, mount
▪ They plan to launch an expedition into the mountains.
▪ finance, fund, sponsor
▪ send
EXPEDITION + VERB
▪ leave, set off, set out, start
▪ return
▪ The expedition returned only two weeks after it had left.
▪ arrive, reach sth
▪ On January 21 the expedition reached the South Pole.
EXPEDITION + NOUN
▪ leader, member
▪ party, team
PREPOSITION
▪ on an/the expedition
▪ She was out on a shopping expedition.
▪ expedition against
▪ He led a military expedition against the rebels.
▪ expedition into
▪ an expedition into the interior of Australia
▪ expedition to
▪ a naval expedition to West Africa
PHRASES
▪ the leader of an expedition, a member of an expedition