English Explanatory Dictionary

mission

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  4. Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  5. An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  6. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
  7. Dismissal; discharge from service
  8. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
  9. An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
  10. A drug run.
  11. An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
verb
  1. To send on a mission.
  2. To do missionary work, proselytize.
name
  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A neighborhood of San Francisco.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪʃ.ən/ En-us-mission.ogg

Word forms

mission missions missioning missioned

Etymology

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

Related words

mess message messenger missile missionary missive admissible admission admit commission commit demiss demission demit emission emit intermission intermit manumission manumit omit permit premise pretermit promise remit submit surmise transmit

Derived words

antimission chef de mission countermission diplomatic mission fire mission inner mission intermission intromission mission accomplished missional mission creep mission-critical missionee Mission golden-eyed treefrog mission home mission impossible Mission Indian missionise missionization missionize mission kill missionless mission manzanita mission mix mission mixture Mission olive Mission Ridge mission school mission statement mission station mission stiff multimission on a mission permanent mission permission remission rescue mission side mission space mission submission suicide mission transmission

Translations

Belarusian: мі́сія Bulgarian: ми́сия Catalan: missió Chinese Mandarin: 傳教活動 /传教活动 Czech: misie Danish: mission Dutch: missie Dutch: zending Faroese: kristniboð Faroese: trúboð Finnish: missio Finnish: lähetys Finnish: lähetystyö French: mission Georgian: მისია German: Mission Hebrew: מִיסְיוֹן Hungarian: misszió Icelandic: kristniboð Icelandic: trúboð Ido: misiono Japanese: 弘道 Japanese: 布教 Japanese: 伝道 Japanese: 宣教 Korean: 홍도 Korean: 포교 Korean: 전도 Korean: 선교 Latin: missio Latin: expeditio Māori: mīhana Norwegian Bokmål: misjon Polish: misja Portuguese: missão Romanian: misiune Russian: ми́ссия Serbo-Croatian: мѝсија Serbo-Croatian: mìsija Slovene: misijon Spanish: misión Swahili: misheni Swedish: mission Ukrainian: мі́сія Welsh: cenhadaeth
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