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mission

/ˈmɪʃən/

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What does mission mean?

noun

  1. A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
  2. A important goal or purpose; an objective.
  3. A missionary expedition.
More meanings (13)

noun

  1. Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  2. An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  3. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
  4. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
  5. An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
  6. (slang) A drug run.
  7. An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
  8. (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service

verb

  1. To send on a mission.
  2. To do missionary work, proselytize.
  3. To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort.

proper noun

  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A neighborhood of San Francisco.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɪʃən/

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How quickly they cover all that it is their mission to destroy and to bury, and how promptly they create frightful gulfs!
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
And, as an apostle of truth, I distinctly perceived that a reputation for perspicacity and sound judgment was essential to my mission.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
More book examples (3)
With nine of Mackay's students, the two missionaries set out on a trip through the north Formosa mission that lasted many weeks.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
The mission is a large and deserted-looking place, the out-buildings going to ruin, and everything giving one the impression of decayed grandeur.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055
A very small beetle, the Trox, has the imprescriptible mission of purging the earth of the rabbits' fur rejected by the fox.
Georges Victor LegrosFabre, Poet of ScienceTranslated by Bernard MiallProject Gutenberg ebook #3489