mission
♦♦ mis|sion /m'ɪʃən/ (missions)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America...
...the most crucial stage of his latest peace mission.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task.
...a senior member of a diplomatic mission.
= delegation
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A mission is a special journey made by a military aeroplane or space rocket.
...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains.
...the first shuttle mission.
4 [N-SING] usu poss N, also n of N
If you say that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment and sense of duty to do or achieve something.
He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil...
= vocation
5 [N-COUNT]
A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity.
They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.mis|sion con|trol
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Mission control is the group of people on Earth who are in charge of a flight by a spacecraft, or the place where these people work.mis|sion state|ment (mission statements)
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A company's or organization's mission statement is a document which states what they aim to achieve and the kind of service they intend to provide. (BUSINESS)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America...
...the most crucial stage of his latest peace mission.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task.
...a senior member of a diplomatic mission.
= delegation
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A mission is a special journey made by a military aeroplane or space rocket.
...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains.
...the first shuttle mission.
4 [N-SING] usu poss N, also n of N
If you say that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment and sense of duty to do or achieve something.
He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil...
= vocation
5 [N-COUNT]
A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity.
They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.mis|sion con|trol
[N-UNCOUNT]
Mission control is the group of people on Earth who are in charge of a flight by a spacecraft, or the place where these people work.mis|sion state|ment (mission statements)
[N-COUNT]
A company's or organization's mission statement is a document which states what they aim to achieve and the kind of service they intend to provide. (BUSINESS)