Advertisement

Advertisement

expeditionary

[ ek-spi-dish-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or composing an expedition:

    an expeditionary force.



Discover More

Other Words From

  • preex·pe·dition·ary adjective
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of expeditionary1

First recorded in 1700–10; expedition + -ary
Discover More

Example Sentences

Chinese records appear to first mention the island in AD239, when an emperor dispatched an expeditionary force to it - a fact Beijing uses to back its territorial claim.

From BBC

Located on the southern edge of Albuquerque, the base is home to the 377th Air Base Wing, which conducts nuclear operations and trains and equips expeditionary forces.

The Houthis are not known to operate an expeditionary naval fleet, nor do they have access to satellites or other sophisticated means of controlling long-distance drones.

A British expeditionary force was about to sail across the English Channel and link up with French forces fighting in Belgium.

The SEALs were on the USS Lewis B. Puller, a Navy expeditionary sea base vessel, and traveled in small special operations combat craft driven by naval special warfare crew to get to the boat.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


expeditionexpeditious