mission

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From French mission (“‘a sending, a mission’”), Old French mission (“‘expense’”) < Latin missio (“‘a sending, sending away, despatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation’”) < mittere (“‘to send’”).

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

[edit] Noun

mission (countable and uncountable; plural missions)

1. (countable) A duty that involves fulfilling a request.
2. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
3. (uncountable) (the missions) collective term for 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• mission statement
• military mission
• diplomatic mission
• permanent mission
• combat mission
• space mission
• mission mix

[edit] Related terms

• mess
• message
• messenger
• missile
• missionary
• missive

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To send to a mission.

[edit] External links

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

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

mission

1. Genitive singular form of missio.

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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

mission f. (plural missions)

1. Mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request).