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expédition

expedition

noun ex-pay-dee-SYOHN Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

shipment

Usage Note

Expédition covers an organised journey or mission (a polar expedition) and also the act of shipping goods (l'expédition du colis — 'dispatch of the parcel'). The verb is expédier, which colloquially also means 'to deal with something quickly', as in expédier un repas ('to wolf down a meal').

Examples

"L'expédition a duré trois semaines."

Natural Translation

The expedition lasted three weeks.

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