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tion, pilgrimage; campaign, crusade, mission; march, invasion, raid.
2. group, crowd, company, party, body, gathering; crew, band, troop, team, squad.
3. alacrity, promptness, promptitude, readiness; swiftness, quickness, fastness, dispatch; haste, speed, celerity, rapidity, velocity.
expeditious, adj. prompt, immediate, instant, instantaneous; direct, summary, fast; rapid, fleet, meteoric, quick, swift, brisk; timely, seasonable, punctual, early, in good time.
expel, v. 1. drive out, force out, thrust out, extrude, eject, SI. bounce, run [s.o.] off or out, evict, put out, dispossess; suspend, SI. kick out; dismiss, fire, SI. sack, show the door, cashier, drum out; disown, repudiate, reject, discard; exile, expatriate, banish, proscribe, outlaw, relegate, deport; excommunicate, unchurch; ostracize, blackball, exclude, isolate, maroon. 2. discharge, excrete, eliminate, egest, void, evacuate.
expend, v. 1. disburse, spend, pay out, outlay, Inf. lay out, SI. fork out, SI. shell out, SI. dish out, ante up; squander, dissipate, burn up, waste, lavish; fritter away, run through.
2. consume, use up, exhaust, drain, sap, deplete, empty; finish, finish off, SI. polish off.
3. use, exert, wield, apply, adhibit, employ,
expenditure, n. 1. disbursement, outlay, expense; cost, charge, price, fee; overhead, general costs, outgo; payment, compensation, recompense, settlement; remuneration, reward, pay.
2. consumption, exhaustion, drain, depletion,
expense, n. 1. cost, charge, price, quotation, quoted price, fee; amount, rate, fare, figure; outlay, amount expended.
2. expenditure, disbursement; consumption, exhaustion, drain, depletion.
3. expenses reimbursement, payment, compensation, recompense, settlement; expense account, allowance, per diem.
4. at the expense of at the sacrifice of, at the cost of; to the detriment of, to [s.o.'s] loss.
expensive, adj. 1. high-priced, costly, dear, high,
Inf. steep, Inf. stiff; exorbitant, extortionate, exces sive, unreasonable; running into money, in the upper price brackets, beyond one's means.
2. valuable, precious, priceless, inestimable; sumptuous, rich, opulent, lavish; prodigal, wasteful, extravagant.
experience, n. 1. affair, episode, ordeal, event, incident, occurrence, happening; encounter, transaction, adventure, SI. trip; circumstance, case.
2. involvement, encountering, meeting, facing; exposure, observing, observation, perceiving, perception, impression; trials, vicissitudes, ups and downs.
3. life, existence, background, lifework; U.S. Inf. school of hard knocks.
4. wisdom, common sense; sophistication, enlightenment, knowledge, learning, cognizance, ken; knowhow, savoir-faire.
-v. 5. encounter, meet, face; observe, perceive, apprehend; taste, sample, test, try; sense, feel; undergo, go through, get [s.t.] under one's belt; live through, endure, suffer through.
6. understand, learn about, become knowledgeable about, become familiar with, find out about; realize, discover, become enlightened, appreciate; know, cognize, Chiefly Scot. ken; assimilate, absorb, take in.
experienced, adj. 1. accomplished, practiced, skillful, polished, proficient, adept, good [at], Fr. aufait; knowledgeable, versed, prepared, qualified, well-grounded, trained, primed, ready; competent, fit, fitted, capable, able, efficient, SI. on the ball; veteran, professional, Inf. knowing the ropes, SI. savvy; expert, master, masterful, masterly.
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