Definitions for excursion

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excursion ex·cur·sion

Spelling: [ik-skur-zhuh n, -shuh n]

IPA: /ɪkˈskɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

Excursion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 423 anagrams from letters in excursion (ceinorsux).

Definitions for excursion

noun

1. a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return:
2. a trip on a train, ship, etc., at a reduced rate:
3. the group of persons making such a journey:
4. a deviation or digression:
5. Physics. the displacement of a body or a point from a mean position or neutral value, as in an oscillation.
6. an accidental increase in the power level of a reactor, usually forcing its emergency shutdown.
7. Machinery. the range of stroke of any moving part. the stroke itself.
8. Obsolete. a sally or raid.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or intended for use on excursions:

verb (used without object)

1. to go on or take an excursion.

Origin of excursion

First recorded in 1565-75, excursion is from the Latin word excursiōn- (stem of excursiō). See excursus, -ion

Examples for excursion

His tirade against Zionism was relatively brief; his excursion into 9/11 Trutherism, elliptical.

A basilisk, a sword, and a phoenix mean only one thing for Harry Potter: an excursion into the mysterious chamber.

Heaven rest his soul, and grant that he may not have completed The excursion!

We could not have a more favourable day for our excursion into this world of the dead.

Inquiring for her, he seemed sorry to hear that she had gone on the excursion.

Love, Nate 12 September 2006 Folks,
Just returned from a several day excursion with some of the Recon boys from Lejeune.

I learned a lot about myself on that excursion, and from the trip as a whole.

To his jealous eyes came a vision of that excursion to the hospital.

"It would be an excursion into dark reality," he told the Los Angeles Times.

It seemed to him monstrous that one should sadden one's life by such an excursion as this.