mission
See also: Mission
English
Etymology
Borrowed 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/
Audio (US) (file) - 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.
- (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable) (Catholic tradition) 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.
- Francis Bacon
- In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
- Francis Bacon
- (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.
Derived terms
Terms derived from mission
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.
- do missionary work, proselytize
Further reading
- mission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mission in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “mission” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Finnish
French
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mission” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Old French
Alternative forms
- mession
- micion
- mision
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Swedish
Pronunciation
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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)
- inre mission
Declension
Declension of mission | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mission | missionen | missioner | missionerna |
Genitive | missions | missionens | missioners | missionernas |
Related terms
- missionär
- missionsfält
- missionsförbund
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