mission
See also: Mission
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃn̩/, /ˈmɪʃən/
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, or by oneself.
- (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- (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 number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William 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.
Derived terms
- diplomatic mission
- intermission
- intromission
- mission accomplished
- mission creep
- mission impossible
- mission mix
- mission statement
- permanent mission
- permission
- remission
- space mission
- transmission
Related terms
- mess
- message
- messenger
- missile
- missionary
- missive
- admissible
- admission
- admit
- commission
- commit
- demiss
- demission
- demit
- emission
- emit
- intermission
- intermit
- manumission
- manumit
- omit
- permit
- premise
- pretermit
- promise
- remit
- submit
- surmise
- transmit
Translations
set of tasks that fulfills a purpose
|
religious evangelism
|
Verb
mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)
- (transitive) To send on a mission.
- (intransitive) To 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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Ionisms
Finnish
Noun
mission
- genitive singular of missio
French
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
- mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
- mission (religious evangelism)
Derived terms
- mission spatiale
- missionnaire
- missionner
Related terms
- admission
- démission
- permission
- rémission
- mettre
Descendants
- → Romanian: misiune
- → Turkish: misyon
Further reading
- “mission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- misions
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
- (Jersey) mission
Old French
Alternative forms
- mession
- micion
- mision
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin missiō, missiōnem.
Noun
mission f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)
- expense; cost; outlay
Descendants
- French: mission
- Norman: mission
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈɧuːn/
Audio (file)
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)
Declension
Declension of mission | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mission | missionen | missioner | missionerna |
Genitive | missions | missionens | missioners | missionernas |
Related terms
- missionär
- missionsfält
- missionsförbund