mission

Etymology

From French mission (“a sending, a mission”), Old French mission (“expense”), from Latin missiō (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”), from mittō (“I send”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
• (General American) enPR: mĭshʹən, mĭshʹn, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: mis‧sion

Noun

mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)

1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
2. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
3. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
4. (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
5. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
   • Francis Bacon

     In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.

6. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
7. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.

   Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.

Verb

mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)

1. (transitive) To send on a mission.
2. do missionary work, proselytize

Further reading

• mission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mission in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Noun

mission

1. Genitive singular form of missio.

Etymology

Latin missiō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

mission f (plural missions)

1. mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
2. mission (religious evangelism)

Further reading

• “mission” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• misions

Etymology

From Old French mission, from Latin missiō.

Noun

mission f (plural missions)

1. (Jersey) mission

Alternative forms

• mession
• micion
• mision

Etymology

From Latin missiō

Noun

mission f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)

1. expense; cost; outlay

Pronunciation

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Noun

mission c

1. (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
2. (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism

   inre mission

   domestic mission (evangelizing within the home country)