mission
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English[編集]
Etymology[編集]
Borrowed from Latin missiōnem, accusative of missiō (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”), from mittō (“I send”).
Pronunciation[編集]
- enPR: mĭshʹn, mĭshʹən, IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃn̩/, /ˈmɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
- Hyphenation: mis‧sion
Noun[編集]
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.
- (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.
- 1631, [Francis Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], pages 18–19, OCLC 1044372886:
- [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]
- (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.
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Translations[編集]
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose
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religious evangelism
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Verb[編集]
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[編集]
- mission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mission in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper, “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
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Finnish[編集]
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mission
French[編集]
Etymology[編集]
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
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Noun[編集]
mission f (plural missions)
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Further reading[編集]
- “mission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Norman[編集]
Etymology[編集]
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun[編集]
mission f (plural missions)
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Alternative forms[編集]
Etymology[編集]
Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun[編集]
mission f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)
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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[編集]
| Declension of mission | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mission | missionen | missioner | missionerna |
| Genitive | missions | missionens | missioners | missionernas |
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