Dictionary

excursion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ekˈskɜː.ʃən/ (Australia)
• /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/ (Canada, General-American)

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.

Meanings

1. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
   • Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
   • While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.
2. (Australia) A field trip.
3. A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
   • Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment. 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
4. An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
5. A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
6. Temporary deviation from a regular course or pattern
   • After an unsuccessful excursion into banking, I've returned to public life.

Forms

Antonyms

incursion (field trip)

Deriveds

excursion steamer · power excursion · alarums and excursions · excursionize · excursionist · drift excursion · excursionism · excursioner · excursion fare · excursion rate

Relateds

excursus · expedition

Synonyms

excursus (wandering from the main subject) · digression (wandering from the main subject) · trip (recreational trip) · jaunt (recreational trip) · journey (recreational trip)

Translations (111)

nl excursie (brief recreational trip) · sh екску̀рзија (brief recreational trip) · nb ekskursjon (brief recreational trip) · it gita (brief recreational trip) · uz ekskursiya (brief recreational trip) · he טִיּוּל (brief recreational trip) · mn аялал (brief recreational trip) · is skoðunarferð (brief recreational trip) · mk екскурзија (brief recreational trip) · hi सैर (brief recreational trip) · sk výlet (brief recreational trip) · tk ekskursiýa (brief recreational trip) · hu kirándulás (brief recreational trip) · de Exkurs (wandering from the main subject) · nl uitstapje (brief recreational trip) · et ekskursioon (brief recreational trip) · mi tiripi (brief recreational trip) · da ekskursion (brief recreational trip) · tg экскурсия (brief recreational trip) · bg екску́рзия (brief recreational trip) · fr randonnée (brief recreational trip) · nb ekskurs (wandering from the main subject) · eu txango (brief recreational trip) · uk е́кскурс (wandering from the main subject) · be э́кскурс (wandering from the main subject) · pt excursão (brief recreational trip) · ar سَفَرِيَّة (brief recreational trip) · uk екску́рсія (brief recreational trip) · ar جَوْلَة (brief recreational trip) · de Ausflug (brief recreational trip) · cmn 遠足 /远足 (brief recreational trip) · tr gezi (brief recreational trip) · pl przejażdżka (brief recreational trip) · te విహారయాత్ర (brief recreational trip) · nb utflukt (brief recreational trip) · fa-ira گَشْت و گُذار (brief recreational trip) · mk излет (brief recreational trip) · ur سَیر (brief recreational trip) · fr excursion (brief recreational trip) · ru отклоне́ние (wandering from the main subject) · nn ekskursjon (brief recreational trip) · ru экску́рсия (brief recreational trip) · lv ekskursija (brief recreational trip) · es excursión (brief recreational trip) · cmn 郊遊 /郊游 (brief recreational trip) · pl wyprawa (brief recreational trip) · io exkurso (brief recreational trip) · pl wycieczka (brief recreational trip) · sh ekskùrzija (brief recreational trip) · hi भ्रमण (brief recreational trip) · sv exkurs (wandering from the main subject) · de Exkursion (brief recreational trip) · ug ساياھەت (brief recreational trip) · ar نُزْهَة (brief recreational trip) · ja 遠足 (brief recreational trip) · sv utvikning (wandering from the main subject) · sl izlet (brief recreational trip) · vi tham quan (brief recreational trip) · cmn 短途旅行 (brief recreational trip) · id ekskursi (brief recreational trip) · sq ekskursion (brief recreational trip) · tg гаштугузор (brief recreational trip) · sv exkursion (brief recreational trip) · hy էքսկուրսիա (brief recreational trip) · nn ekskurs (wandering from the main subject) · hy զբոսարշավ (brief recreational trip) · lt ekskursija (brief recreational trip) · sh ìzlet (brief recreational trip) · pl zbaczanie z tematu (wandering from the main subject) · vi đi thăm (brief recreational trip) · bg екску́рс (wandering from the main subject) · pl wypad (brief recreational trip) · ko 원족 (brief recreational trip) · mt eskursjoni (brief recreational trip) · is vettvangsferð (brief recreational trip) · ky экскурсия (brief recreational trip) · nn utflukt (brief recreational trip) · ro excursie (brief recreational trip) · kk экскурсия (brief recreational trip) · cs výlet (brief recreational trip) · cs exkurze (brief recreational trip) · az ekskursiya (brief recreational trip) · bn প্রমোদভ্রমণ (brief recreational trip) · fi ekskursio (brief recreational trip) · ko 소풍 (brief recreational trip) · bg отклоне́ние (wandering from the main subject) · vi cuộc đi chơi (brief recreational trip) · sl ekskurzija (brief recreational trip) · ru э́кскурс (wandering from the main subject) · da ekskurs (wandering from the main subject) · sh ѝзлет (brief recreational trip) · sk exkurzia (brief recreational trip) · de Abschweifung (wandering from the main subject) · pt passeio (brief recreational trip) · cmn 野遊 /野游 (brief recreational trip) · el εκδρομή (brief recreational trip) · lb Ausfluch (brief recreational trip) · sv utflykt (brief recreational trip) · id tamasya (brief recreational trip) · fi huviretki (brief recreational trip) · be экску́рсія (brief recreational trip) · th การท่องเที่ยว (brief recreational trip) · it escursione (brief recreational trip) · la excursiō (brief recreational trip) · eo ekskurso (brief recreational trip) · ka ექსკურსია (brief recreational trip) · tk gezelenç (brief recreational trip) · ug سەيلە (brief recreational trip) · fa-ira گَشْتوگُذار (brief recreational trip) · de Digression (wandering from the main subject) · da udflugt (brief recreational trip)

excursion en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ekˈskɜː.ʃən/ (Australia)
• /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ɛkˈskɝ.ʒən/ (Canada, General-American)

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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
   • 1825, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Wordsworth, 6 April, 1825, in The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume I, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, p. 249, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ypdNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Yesterday I excursioned twenty miles; to-day I write a few letters.
   • Victoria cows preferred to walk on the plank sidewalks in winter rather than dirty their hooves in the mud by the roadside. They liked to tune their chews to the tap, tap, tap of their feet on the planks. Ladies challenged the right of way by opening and shutting their umbrellas in the cows' faces and shooing, but the cows only chewed harder and stood still. It was the woman-lady, not the lady-cow who had to take to the mud and get scratched by the wild rose bushes that grew between sidewalk and fence while she excursioned round the cow. 1942, Emily Carr, “Ways of Getting Round”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
   • After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters […] 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 49, in A Tramp Abroad:

Forms

Translations (5)

fi mennä huviretkelle (to go on an excursion) · fi retkeillä (to go on an excursion) · fi mennä ekskursiolle (to go on an excursion) · pl pojechać na wycieczkę (to go on an excursion) · pl jechać na wycieczkę (to go on an excursion)