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ik-SKURSHUN/ɪkˈskɜːʃn/

An excursion is a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a group for pleasure or study: a field excursion; on an excursion. A trip and a journey are broader (already in the dictionary); outing is everyday; expedition is longer and more serious. Log the excursion in the fieldwork booklet, then the grid reference. Mix-up: excursion vs excuse; explosion; do not write excursion for a full expedition of many months unless the source uses the word.

Meaning

A short journey or trip, especially one taken as a group for pleasure or study.

Examples

• “Log the excursion in the fieldwork booklet, then the grid reference, not a holiday slogan.”
• “A fare excursion featured in the rail timetable, which is the cheap-return sense — still quote the £.”

Good to know

a field / school excursion; on an excursion; excursion fare. Close: outing / trip. Contrast: expedition (longer). Trap: excuse / explosion. Geography and citizenship. A short group trip — log the grid reference or the £.

Near in meaning

outing, trip, jaunt

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