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excursion

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/

The English word “excursion” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
  2. A field trip.
  3. A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
  4. An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
  5. A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
  6. Temporary deviation from a regular course or pattern

verb

  1. To go on a recreational trip or excursion.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excursiō (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”), from excurrere (“to run out”), from ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”). By surface analysis, excurse + -ion. Compare excursus.

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