01 n. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
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The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.“With winged expedition”“Swift as the lightning glance. �”
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A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.“Putting it straight in expedition. �”
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An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.“The expedition miserably failed.” — Prescott.“Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains.” — J. C. Fremont.