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Common collocations with expedition in American Collocation

expedition noun countable

US /ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

for a particular purpose

archaeological
exploratory
marine
military
naval
scientific

The fjord was unexplored until the Spanish led a scientific expedition there in 1793.

exciting or dangerous

adventurous
daring
gruelling

He planned the diets for gruelling expeditions to the North Pole and Everest.

unsuccessful

doomed
ill-fated

He was a member of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated expedition to cross the Antarctic.

to a particular or distant place

overland
overseas
polar

backpacking
camping
caving
diving
fishing
hunting
kayaking
mountaineering
shopping
whaling

The Cuillin Ridge is definitely the finest mountaineering expedition in Britain.

make an expedition

embark on
go on
make
participate in
undertake

In the early 1900s, a small group of British explorers made several expeditions to the polar regions of the Arctic and the Antarctic.

I was two miles away on an expedition of my own.

organize or lead an expedition

command
conduct
lead
mount
organize
plan

When in Norway, he heard the Germans were to mount an expedition to the Antarctic.