¹mission

noun mis·sion \ˈmi-shən\

: a task or job that someone is given to do

: a specific military or naval task

: a flight by an aircraft or spacecraft to perform a specific task

Full Definition of MISSION

obsolete : the act or an instance of sending

a : a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate its faith or carry on humanitarian work

b : assignment to or work in a field of missionary enterprise

c (1) : a mission establishment (2) : a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support

d plural : organized missionary work

e : a course of sermons and services given to convert the unchurched or quicken Christian faith

: a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry on an activity: as

a : a group sent to a foreign country to conduct diplomatic or political negotiations

b : a permanent embassy or legation

c : a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a foreign country

a : a specific task with which a person or a group is charged

b (1) : a definite military, naval, or aerospace task <a bombing mission> <a space mission> (2) : a flight operation of an aircraft or spacecraft in the performance of a mission <a mission to Mars>

c : a preestablished and often self-imposed objective or purpose <statement of the company's mission>

: calling, vocation

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Origin of MISSION

New Latin, Medieval Latin, & Latin; New Latin mission-, missio religious mission, from Medieval Latin, task assigned, from Latin, act of sending, from mittere to send

First Known Use: 1530

Related to MISSION

Synonyms: assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, job, operation, post

Rhymes with MISSION

fission, titian, Titian

²mission

verb

mis·sionedmis·sion·ing \ˈmi-sh(ə-)niŋ\

Definition of MISSION

transitive verb

: to send on or entrust with a mission

: to carry on a religious mission among or in

First Known Use of MISSION

1692

Rhymes with MISSION

fission

³mission

adjective

Definition of MISSION

: of or relating to a style used in the early Spanish missions of the southwestern United States <mission architecture>

: of, relating to, or having the characteristic of a style of plain heavy usually oak furniture originating in the United States in the early part of the 20th century