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      mission
      noun
      (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.
      A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
      (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 settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
      (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
      (slang, drugs) A drug run.
      A neighborhood of San Francisco.
      A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
      (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
      (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
      verb
      (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.
      (transitive) To send on a mission.
      Roots
      mittomiss- · Latin · send
      Synonyms for mission
      deputationncommissionndelegationnexpeditionnerrandnassignmentnundertakingnreconnaissancenpurposenvocationnquestnoperationnsortienmandaten
      Words related to mission
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