excursion
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excursion
- /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ UK
- /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/ Canada, US
- /ekˈskɜː.ʃən/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən, -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
Where it comes from
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.
noun excursions
- A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way. While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.
- A field trip.
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A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment.
Similar: digression, excursus
- An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
- A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
- Temporary deviation from a regular course or pattern After an unsuccessful excursion into banking, I've returned to public life.
Opposite: incursion
verb excursions · excursioning · excursioned
- To go on a recreational trip or excursion. 1825, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Wordsworth, 6 April, 1825, in The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume I, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, p. 249, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ypdNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Yesterday I excursioned twenty miles; to-day I write a few letters.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: outing, pleasure trip, jaunt, expedition, digression, junket, sashay, trip, journey, travelling, touring, travel, tour, sightseeing, trail, movement
noun
Opposite: incursion
Translations
Every language
noun brief recreational trip
| Español | excursión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 遠足 ensoku |
| 中文 | 遠足 /远足 yuǎnzú, 短途旅行 duǎntú lǚxíng, 郊遊 /郊游 jiāoyóu, 野遊 /野游 yěyóu |
| हिन्दी | भ्रमण bhramaṇ, सैर sair |
| Português | excursão, passeio |
| Français | excursion, randonnée |
| Deutsch | Ausflug, Exkursion |
| Italiano | gita, escursione |
| Ελληνικά | εκδρομή ekdromí |
| Română | excursie |
| Русский | экску́рсия ekskúrsija |
| Tiếng Việt | tham quan, đi thăm, cuộc đi chơi |
| العربية | جَوْلَة jawla, نُزْهَة nuzha, سَفَرِيَّة safariyya |
| עברית | טִיּוּל tiyúl |
noun wandering from the main subject
| Deutsch | Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression |
|---|---|
| Русский | э́кскурс ékskurs, отклоне́ние otklonénije |
Talk about this word "excursion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/excursion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. excursion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/excursion "excursion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/excursion.Cite this
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title = {excursion},
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