mission
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)
- (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , 3rd edition, London: William Rawley; rinted by J H for William Lee , pages 18–19, →OCLC:
- [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]
- (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
- (slang, drugs) A drug run.
Derived terms
- chef de mission
- diplomatic mission
- fire mission
- inner mission
- intermission
- intromission
- mission accomplished
- mission creep
- mission-critical
- Mission golden-eyed treefrog
- mission home
- mission impossible
- mission kill
- mission mix
- mission mixture
- mission school
- mission statement
- mission station
- on a mission
- permanent mission
- permission
- remission
- rescue mission
- side mission
- space mission
- transmission
Related terms
Translations
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose
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religious evangelism
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Verb
mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)
- (transitive) To send on a mission.
- (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.
Further reading
- “mission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “mission”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
mission
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “mission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun
mission oblique singular, f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)
Descendants
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
mission c
- (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
- (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism
- inre mission ― domestic mission (evangelizing within the home country)
Declension
| Declension of mission | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mission | missionen | missioner | missionerna |
| Genitive | missions | missionens | missioners | missionernas |