Excursion

noun

/ɛks.kɜː(ɹ).ʃən/

Word Frequency: 2.5

Definitions

1.nounA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

"While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer."

2.nounA wandering from the main subject: a digression.

3.nounA deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.

4.verbTo go on a recreational trip or excursion.

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