noun · academic
expedition
/ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ex·pe·DI·tion
Band 7+speakingtask2
a carefully planned journey for exploration or research
Examples
“The archaeology team joined an expedition to the desert.”
“A polar expedition requires detailed preparation.”
“She has led several scientific expeditions in her career.”
Band 8 sentence
“The multi‑disciplinary expedition to the glacier yielded data that transformed our understanding of ice melt.”
Collocations
- scientific expedition
- mountain expedition
- lead an expedition
Word family
expedition nounexpeditionary adjective
Common mistakes
go for an expedition→go on an expedition
make expedition→organise/lead an expedition
Say it for a higher band
5trip→6excursion→7+expedition
Synonyms
mission
exploration
Easily confused
excursion
“We took a short excursion to the nearby island during the cruise.”
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