noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coach excursion (= a relatively short coach journey to visit a place )
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There are coach excursions to the great classical site at Ephesus.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
optional
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There's an optional excursion around this historic town before returning to the boat for overnight berth.
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In the afternoon there is an optional excursion along the shores of Lake Como returning by boat.
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Say goodbye by joining in an optional evening's excursion and enjoying traditional folk dancing and singing.
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There are numerous good restaurants in Zakopane and similarly in the places where we travel for optional excursions .
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We have also arranged optional excursions to help you enjoy the best this region can offer.
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Alternatively, join us for an optional excursion to Vienna Woods, including a trip to the hunting lodge at Mayerling.
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This is a typical Bohemian town, and there's an optional excursion to the Streckov Castle high above the river.
■ NOUN
day
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A very popular day excursion is to the Isles of Scilly, either by helicopter or ferry.
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Excursions During the summer season we will be organising a programme of varied optional day and half day excursions most weeks.
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Between the three ports, a number of destinations are available, ideal for a day excursion .
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A half day excursion to the pretty island of Lindau on Lake Constance is most worthwhile.
shore
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One word of advice: If the cruise line allows it, book your shore excursion before you get on the ship.
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Select and book shore excursions as soon as possible.
train
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We went by excursion train to Weymouth.
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Special excursion trains would run to the Falls, and there would be seats for fifty thousand spectators.
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The cover story recalls the Armagh railway disaster of June 1889 when 80 people died on an excursion train bound for Warrenpoint.
■ VERB
make
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We should be three very gay companions, we could make excursions , the sort one never ventures upon alone.
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The woman does not reappear, and Black makes no further excursions to Manhattan.
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If you make regular motorway excursions , opt for the bigger engine-prices for the 1.8 start at £15,995.
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I plan to make an excursion to Smith for a few days.
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Some of the eurypterids may even have made tentative excursions on to the land.
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Unless prepared to make an excursion , you would be trapped into eating in the hotel.
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Some composers have instead made adventurous excursions , ending up quite successfully in a key other than the original tonic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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One day he took an excursion to the other end of the island for a change of scene.
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The resort also offers daily excursions to nearby towns.
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The tour includes an three-day excursion to Disneyland.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it is a convenient starting point for several excursions.
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By such devices she perverted his sympathy into agreement with her fantasy that the West for them was only an excursion .
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He then wrote A Handbook of the Trip to Liverpool in which he gave every detail of the excursion .
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She recalled years later that she frequently received phone calls from friends planning a group excursion on the town.
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The woman does not reappear, and Black makes no further excursions to Manhattan.
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This means four excursions into very contrasting fields.
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We could have hiked, taken four-wheel-drive excursions, ridden horses, signed up for diving instruction.