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excursion

/ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/noun3 syllables

Excursion means: a journey taken for pleasure.

Synonyms for excursion10

noun, as in a journey taken for pleasure

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

noun, as in wandering from the main path of a journey

digression

also used for excursion

journey, trip, excursus

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What does excursion mean?2

noun

1

a journey taken for pleasure“many summer excursions to the shore”

2

wandering from the main path of a journey

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with excursion?10

two syllables

versionpersian

three syllables

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Excursion in a sentence

  • If it should rain tomorrow, the excursion will be canceled.trieuho
  • If it rains, the excursion will be called off.Eldad
  • If it rains tomorrow, there will be no excursion.unknown
  • Because tomorrow is a holiday from school, we plan to go on an excursion.orcrist
  • If it rains tomorrow, the excursion will be canceled.CM
  • He's the one who made an excursion there.AlanF_US
  • I am looking forward very much to the school excursion.unknown
  • Six of us are going on an excursion to the beach this weekend.CK

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Forms of excursion

as a noun

plural
excursions