Meaning

11 senses

  1. (countable)A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.

    Auftrag, Mission

    ми́ссияmíssija, поруче́ниеporučénije, зада́ниеzadánije

    мі́сіяmísija, дору́ченняdorúčennja, припору́каpryporúka

  2. (countable, uncountable)A important goal or purpose; an objective.

  3. (countable)A missionary expedition.

    the organized work of a religious missionary

  4. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.

  5. (countable)An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.

    Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.

  8. (Australia, countable, uncountable)An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.

  9. (countable, slang, uncountable)A drug run.

  10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Dismissal; discharge from service

Examples

382 sentences

  1. He was given an important mission.

    Йому було доручено важливу місію. — shanghainese

    ruЕму поручили важную миссию. — odexed

    deIhm wurde eine wichtige Mission anvertraut. — xtofu80

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  2. The soldiers' mission was to destroy the bridge.

    Солдати мали завдання - знищити той міст. — rozmaita

    ruЗадача солдат была уничтожить мост. — averoes

    deDie Mission der Soldaten war es, die Brücke zu zerstören. — xtofu80

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  3. How dangerous do you think this mission is going to be?

    Як думаєш, наскільки небезпечною буде ця місія? — deniko

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  4. Tom completed the mission.

    Том виконав місію. — deniko

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  5. What was your mission?

    У чому була твоя місія? — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
religious evangelism:
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose:
Русский
By meaning 2
religious evangelism:
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
religious evangelism:
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, dis

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

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Forms

plural: missions
Singularmission
Pluralmissions

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the organized work of a religious missionary:missionary work
  • a special assignment that is given to a person or group:chargecommission
  • an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters:military mission
  • an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work:missionary postmissionary stationforeign mission
  • a group of representatives or delegates:deputationcommissiondelegationdelegacy

Word family

64 related words
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DerivedpermissionA2transmissionB2antimissioncountermissiondiplomatic missionfire missioninner missionintromissionmission accomplishedmissionalmission creepmission-criticalmissioneemission homemission impossiblemissionizationmissionizemission killmissionlessmission manzanitamission mixmission mixturemission schoolmission statement

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • on a mission
  • our mission is
  • have a mission
  • the mission was
  • mission was a

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
missA1misshapenmissileB2missionarymissive
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