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English

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a Jesuit mission in Mexico

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti
Proto-Italic *meitō
Old Latin mītō
Latin mittō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin missiōlbor.
English mission

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

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    mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)

    1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
      The supply convoy was on a mission of mercy.
    2. A important goal or purpose; an objective.
      • 2008 October 16, Martina Cole, The Business: A compelling suspense thriller of danger and destruction, Headline, →ISBN:
        [She] made it her mission in life to make sure that no one around them would ever know the real truth. But this daughter of hers, she was a loose cannon, she was not someone to be trusted. […]
      • 2013 September 30, Ratanjit, How Oneness Changes Everything: Empowering Business Through 9 Universal Laws, BalboaPress, →ISBN, page 213:
        The first page [of her CV] was a statement of her mission and role in life, which was to add the highest value in everything she undertook. On page two, we listed her primary governing values and operating principles. The third page listed her objectives […]
    3. (countable) A missionary expedition.
    4. (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
    5. (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
    6. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
    7. (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
    8. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
      Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
    9. (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
    10. (slang, drugs) A drug run.
    11. (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
      • 2025 July 30, Ben Ebbrell, Sorted Food, Can Antique Gadgets Handle Modern Cooking?‎[1], 18:23:
        I was thinking like meat, [you could use this wooden device to] tenderize a steak ... but not into a wooden box, 'cause it's gonna be a mission to clean.

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

    1. (transitive) To send on a mission.
    2. (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.
    3. (transitive) To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort.

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    Finnish

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    Noun

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    mission

    1. genitive singular of missio

    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiōnem.

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    mission f (plural missions)

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

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    Descendants

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    • Haitian Creole: misyon
    • → Dutch: missie
    • → Romanian: misiune
    • → Turkish: misyon

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    From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.

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    mission f (plural missions)

    1. (Jersey) mission

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.

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

    1. expense; cost; outlay

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    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)

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    Declension of mission
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite mission missions
    definite missionen missionens
    plural indefinite missioner missioners
    definite missionerna missionernas
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