mission

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

🥳

Translations

mission

misión

missione

missão

Mission

missie

Auftrag

opdracht

missió

commission

ιεραποστολή

αποστολή

zending

Aufgabe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪʃn̩/

Etymology

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

Sentences

He worked for a long time on the English mission .

The mission begins as planned .