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  • 11excursion — noun (C) 1 a short journey arranged so that a group of people can visit a place, especially while they are on holiday: a day s excursion to the island 2 a short journey made for a particular purpose: a shopping excursion 3 excursion into sth… …

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  • 12excursion — /əkˈskɜʃən / (say uhk skershuhn), /ɛk / (say ek ), / ʒən/ (say zhuhn) noun 1. a short journey or trip to some point for a special purpose: a pleasure excursion; a scientific excursion. 2. a trip in a coach, train, etc., at a reduced rate: weekend …

  • 13short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 14excursion — noun 1》 a short journey, especially one taken for leisure. 2》 a deviation from a regular activity or course: the firm s disastrous excursion into the US electrical market.     ↘technical a movement along a path or through an angle. Derivatives… …

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  • 15excursion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. expedition, trip, sally, tour, outing, journey, jaunt; digression, deviation, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jaunt, outing, trip, tour; see journey . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. trip, journey,… …

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  • 16excursion — [ɪkˈskɜːʃ(ə)n] noun [C] a short journey that you make for pleasure …

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  • 17excursion — ex•cur•sion [[t]ɪkˈskɜr ʒən, ʃən[/t]] n. 1) a short trip or outing to some place 2) the persons making such a trip 3) a trip on a train, ship, etc., at a reduced rate 4) a deviation or digression 5) phs the displacement of a body or a point from… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18excursion — n. 1 a short journey or ramble for pleasure, with return to the starting point. 2 a digression. 3 Astron. a deviation from a regular path. 4 archaic a sortie (see ALARUM). Derivatives: excursional adj. excursionary adj. excursionist n. Etymology …

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  • 19Eagle Cap Excursion Train — The Eagle Cap Excursion Train is a heritage railroad located in Wallowa, Oregon, United States.HistoryThe Union Pacific Railroad (UP) came to Union County in July 1884 when the main line between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon passed… …

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  • 20Big Excursion — The Big Excursion also known as The Great Trip and the grand excursion of 1989 are terms used to refer to the forced expulsion and the resulting mass exodus of the ethnic Turkish minority out of Bulgaria in 1989. Beginning in May 1989, amid… …

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