Mission | Mean of mission in English Dictionary

/ˈmɪʃən/

• Noun
• a task or job that someone is given to do
1. Our mission was to recover the stolen plans.
2. He was sent on a fact-finding mission. = He was sent on a mission to gather information.
3. By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike.
4. go on a rescue mission [=go somewhere to rescue someone]
5. The volunteers were on a mission of mercy to help victims of the disaster. [=the volunteers were sent to help the victims of the disaster]
6. a mercy mission
• a specific military or naval task
1. a reconnaissance mission
2. a peacekeeping mission
3. a combat/training mission
• a flight by an aircraft or spacecraft to perform a specific task
1. a bombing mission
2. a manned space mission
3. a shuttle mission
4. a mission to the moon

• a task that you consider to be a very important duty
1. His mission is to help poor children. = He has made it his mission in life to help poor children. = He's a man with a mission: to help poor children.
2. She's on a mission to locate her lost sister. [=she is very determined to find her lost sister]
• a group of people sent to a foreign country for a specific reason (such as to have discussions or to provide training or assistance)
1. a member of a trade mission
• a group of people who are sent to a foreign country to do religious work
1. a Catholic mission
• a place or building where such work is done
1. touring a Spanish mission in California
2. a mission church