Definition of excursions Excursions

/ɪkskɚˈʒʌnz/ - [ikskershunz] -

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What does excursions mean?

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Noun Plural: excursions
excursion - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
		jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
		journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another
		airing a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "he took the dogs for an airing"
excursion - wandering from the main path of a journey
		digression
		journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another

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excursion
A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
excursion
A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
excursion
A wandering from a subject; digression.
excursion
Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

excursion
eks-kur′shun, n. a going forth: an expedition: a trip for pleasure or health: a wandering from the main subject: a digression.—adj. Excur′rent (bot.), projecting beyond the edge or point.—vs.i. Excurse′, to digress; Excur′sionise, to go on an excursion.—n. Excur′sionist, one who goes on a pleasure-trip.—adj. Excur′sive, rambling: deviating.—adv. Excur′sively.—ns. Excur′siveness; Excur′sus, a dissertation on some particular point appended to a book or chapter.—Excursion train, a special train, usually with reduced fares, for persons making an excursion. [L. excursio—ex, out, currĕre, cursum, to run.]