mission

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃ.ən/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən Hyphenation: mis‧sion === 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. A important goal or purpose; an objective. (countable) A missionary expedition. (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. (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work. (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission. (slang, drugs) A drug run. (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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. (transitive) To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort. === Further reading === “mission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mission”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Ionisms == Finnish == === Noun === mission genitive singular of missio == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === mission f (plural missions) mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request) mission (religious evangelism) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: misyon → Dutch: missie → Romanian: misiune → Turkish: misyon === Further reading === “mission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === misions == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem. === Noun === mission f (plural missions) (Jersey) mission == Old French == === Alternative forms === mession micion mision === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem. === Noun === mission oblique singular, f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions) expense; cost; outlay ==== Descendants ==== French: missionHaitian Creole: misyon→ Dutch: missie→ Romanian: misiune→ Turkish: misyon Norman: mission == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪˈɧuːn/ === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== missionär missionsfält missionsförbund