mission

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
2. (countable) A missionary expedition.
3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
4. (countable) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
5. (countable, uncountable) A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Dismissal; discharge from service
7. (countable, uncountable) A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
8. (Australia, countable, uncountable) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) A drug run.

Verb

1. (transitive) To send on a mission.
2. (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.

Concepten

missie

opdracht

zending

gezantschap

taak

zendingspost

boodschap

opgave

roeping

afvaardiging

Synoniemen

task

assignment

errand

commission

delegation

message

charge

job

deputation

duty

representation

function

work

embassy

messenger

delegacy

missionary station

business trip

business

legation

missionary post

foreign mission

missionary work

envoy

activity

calling

📲

destiny

goal

mandate

military mission

objective

purpose

use

sphere of activity

destination

lesson

machine

end objective

delegate

consignment

final intention

missions

object

body of delegates

obligation

occupation

office

🏢

official duty

official journey

party

🥳

Vertalingen

mission

misión

missione

Mission

Auftrag

commission

görev

Aufgabe

Sendung

tarea

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɪʃn̩/

Etymologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).

Zinnen

He worked for a long time on the English mission .

The mission begins as planned .

De missie begint zoals gepland.