expedition

nouns

a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition
is derived from
expeditionary
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
"an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
expedition
is a type of (narrower)
a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved
"the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks"
working group, working party
a journey organized for a particular purpose
expedition
is a type of (narrower)
the act of traveling from one place to another
journey, journeying
a journey taken for pleasure
"many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay
the property of being prompt and efficient
"it was done with dispatch"
despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness
is derived from
expeditious