mission
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Catholicism
Christianity
drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Inflected forms:
form: missions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: missions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: missioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: missioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: missioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A important goal or purpose; an objective.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [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.[…]
The first page [of her CV] was a statement of her mission and role in life, which was to add the highest value in everything she undertook. On page two, we listed her primary governing values and operating principles. The third page listed her objectives[…]
gloss: A missionary expedition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]
gloss: Dismissal; discharge from service
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
gloss: An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
uncountable
gloss: A drug run.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: To send on a mission.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To do missionary work, proselytize.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
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:
lang: Belarusian
word: мі́сія
roman: mísija
lang: Bulgarian
word: ми́сия
roman: mísija
lang: Catalan
word: missió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 傳教活動 /传教活动
roman: chuánjiào huódòng
lang: Czech
word: misie
lang: Danish
word: mission
lang: Dutch
word: missie
lang: Dutch
word: zending
lang: Faroese
word: kristniboð
lang: Faroese
word: trúboð
lang: Finnish
word: missio
lang: Finnish
word: lähetys
lang: Finnish
word: lähetystyö
lang: French
word: mission
lang: Georgian
word: მისია
roman: misia
lang: German
word: Mission
lang: Hebrew
word: מִיסְיוֹן
roman: misión
lang: Hungarian
word: misszió
lang: Icelandic
word: kristniboð
lang: Icelandic
word: trúboð
lang: Ido
word: misiono
lang: Japanese
word: 弘道
roman: kōdō
lang: Japanese
word: 布教
roman: fukyō
lang: Japanese
word: 伝道
roman: dendō
lang: Japanese
word: 宣教
roman: senkyō
lang: Korean
word: 홍도
roman: hongdo
lang: Korean
word: 포교
roman: pogyo
lang: Korean
word: 전도
roman: jeondo
lang: Korean
word: 선교
roman: seon'gyo
lang: Latin
word: missio
lang: Latin
word: expeditio
lang: Māori
word: mīhana
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: misjon
lang: Polish
word: misja
lang: Portuguese
word: missão
lang: Romanian
word: misiune
lang: Russian
word: ми́ссия
roman: míssija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мѝсија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mìsija
lang: Slovene
word: misijon
lang: Spanish
word: misión
lang: Swahili
word: misheni
lang: Swedish
word: mission
lang: Ukrainian
word: мі́сія
roman: mísija
lang: Welsh
word: cenhadaeth