Synonyms for excursion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-skur-zhuh n, -shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈskɜr ʒən, -ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for excursion Other synonyms for the word excursion

Définition of excursion

Origin :
  • 1570s, "a deviation in argument," also "a military sally," from Latin excursionem (nominative excursio) "a running forth, sally, excursion, expedition," noun of action from past participle stem of excurrere "run out, run forth, hasten," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Sense of "journey" recorded in English by 1660s.
  • noun journey
Example sentences :
  • To his jealous eyes came a vision of that excursion to the hospital.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Heaven rest his soul, and grant that he may not have completed The Excursion!
  • Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • We could not have a more favourable day for our excursion into this world of the dead.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Inquiring for her, he seemed sorry to hear that she had gone on the excursion.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • It seemed to him monstrous that one should sadden one's life by such an excursion as this.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • On the following morning Hermione and Vere went for an excursion to Capri.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Loah pointed to the passage where the jana, on that other excursion, had been hidden.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Perhaps he had risen early, and had gone on some excursion in the environs.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • He enlivened the excursion by his laughter and strength of a peasant.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • I assure you that I am as anxious to end this—excursion—of ours as you can be.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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