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Mission

//ˈmɪʃ(ə)n// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 2
    A neighborhood of San Francisco.
Noun
  1. 1
    A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself. countable
  2. 2
    the organized work of a religious missionary wordnet
  3. 3
    A important goal or purpose; an objective. countable, uncountable

    "[She] made it her mission in life to make sure that no one around them would ever know the real truth. But this daughter of hers, she was a loose cannon, she was not someone to be trusted.[…]"

  4. 4
    a special assignment that is given to a person or group wordnet
  5. 5
    A missionary expedition. countable
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  1. 6
    an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters wordnet
  2. 7
    Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid. countable, in-plural, uncountable
  3. 8
    a group of representatives or delegates wordnet
  4. 9
    An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme. countable
  5. 10
    an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work wordnet
  6. 11
    A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. countable, uncountable

    "[I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]"

  7. 12
    Dismissal; discharge from service countable, obsolete, uncountable
  8. 13
    A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work. countable, uncountable

    "Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions."

  9. 14
    An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission. Australia, countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A drug run. countable, slang, uncountable
  11. 16
    An ordeal; an difficult, trying task. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "I was thinking like meat, [you could use this wooden device to] tenderize a steak ... but not into a wooden box, 'cause it's gonna be a mission to clean."

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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