noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ major
▪
a major ~ to climb Mount Everest
▪ little , small
▪ international , joint
▪
The Canadians agreed to a joint ~ with the French.
▪ foreign
▪ successful
▪ ill-fated
▪
John Franklin's ill-fated ~ to the Arctic
▪ climbing , diving , fishing , hunting , scouting , shopping , etc.
▪ archaeological , research , scientific
▪ military , naval
▪ punitive
▪
The army sent a punitive ~ into Mexico.
▪ Antarctic , Everest , etc.
▪ British , Spanish , etc.
▪
Spanish exploratory ~s in the 16th century
VERB + EXPEDITION
▪ go on , make
▪
He had made two ~s to Spain to study wild plants.
▪ embark on , set off on , set out on , undertake
▪
She was about to embark on a major ~.
▪ head , lead
▪ join
▪ accompany
▪
Every scientific ~ was accompanied by a photographer.
▪ organize , plan
▪ launch , mount
▪
They plan to launch an ~ into the mountains.
▪ finance , fund , sponsor
▪ send
EXPEDITION + VERB
▪ leave , set off , set out , start
▪ return
▪
The ~ returned only two weeks after it had left.
▪ arrive , reach sth
▪
On January 21 the ~ reached the South Pole.
EXPEDITION + NOUN
▪ leader , member
▪ party , team
PREPOSITION
▪ on an/the ~
▪
She was out on a shopping ~.
▪ ~ against
▪
He led a military ~ against the rebels.
▪ ~ into
▪
an ~ into the interior of Australia
▪ ~ to
▪
a naval ~ to West Africa
PHRASES
▪ the leader of an ~ , a member of an ~