Mission Definition
mĭshən
missions
noun
missions
A sending out or being sent out with authority to perform a special service.
Webster's New World
An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives.
A mission to Mars.
American Heritage
The special task or purpose for which a person is apparently destined; calling.
One's mission in life.
Webster's New World
A group of persons sent to a foreign government to conduct negotiations; diplomatic delegation; embassy.
Webster's New World
A group of persons sent by a religious body to spread its religion, esp. in a foreign land.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- mission in life
- occupation
- profession
- calling
- vocation
- delegacy
- delegation
- commission
- deputation
- foreign mission
- missionary station
- missionary post
- military mission
- charge
- missionary work
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verb
missions
To send on a mission.
Webster's New World
To establish a religious mission in (district) or among (a people)
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adjective
Of a mission or missions.
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Of or in the style of the early Spanish missions in the SW U.S.; specif., designating a type of heavy, dark furniture with simple, square lines.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a furniture style originating during the Arts and Crafts Movement and characterized by sturdy, angular, solid wood construction.
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Origin of Mission
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From French mission (“a sending, a mission”), Old French mission (“expense”), from Latin missiō (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”), from mittō (“to send”).
From Wiktionary
French from Old French from Latin missiō missiōn- from missus past participle of mittere to send off
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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