excursion

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a journey taken for pleasure
  2. noun wandering from the main path of a journey

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
journey
Narrower (hyponyms)
field trip, airing

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