excursion
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4.9
- noun
- /ɪkˈskɜrʒən/
:
desviación (ruta)
- So just a brief excursion through what we're going to be doing.
- a brief excursion
And this is what we want to derive from our excursion in matrix element land.
- And this is what we want to derive from our excursion in matrix element land.
- And in many people it's actually causing a big glucose excursion and crash.
- And of course much larger glucose excursion, that glycemic index thing, which of course I hate it.
- And it is a particularly interesting and strange sort of excursion to do that, to go to talking and explaining.
Examples
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Our excursion into the countryside gave us a break from the city.
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With Schopenhauer, she could take long excursions from the grim specter of impending death.
Fiction book (1992) -
You mean it was more of an academic excursion?
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So we're going to make little excursions away from this point.
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At most, she thought her father was guilty of a brief excursion in self-deception.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the end of the unit, one question remained unanswered about the excursion to the poultry farm.
Academic text (1997) -
For them, inviting Franco to speak about Cold Fusion was a daring excursion to the fringes of science.
Academic text (1994) -
Teenage campers can take 4-5 night excursions to the Florida Keys and the Indian River Lagoon.
Academic text (2001) -
The students went on an excursion to the science museum to learn about space.
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During the excursion, we explored several historic landmarks along the coast.
Synonyms
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3.4
Traveling from place to place without a fixed place to go
A short side trip from the main route during a journey
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.6
A small spacecraft that takes astronauts from the main spacecraft to the moon's surface and back
A cheaper price for a round-trip ticket usually given for travel on set dates or when bought early
How Off-Topic
Surface Forms
Morphology
excursion = ex + curs + ion
The components suggest a 'going-out' or departure from course, which maps to the figurative sense, but because 'curs' is not a standalone English word the relation may not be fully obvious to learners.
Etymology
Excursion comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and curr- 'to run', the same root as course, so it originally meant running away from the main path. That's why an excursion can also mean a short departure from the planned route or a brief side step away from the main topic.