- expedition
- nounADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ sendEXPEDITION + 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, teamPREPOSITION▪ 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
