English Online Dictionary. What means mission? What does mission mean?
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪʃən/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /miʃin/
- 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.
- (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 number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
- (slang, drugs) A drug run.
Derived terms
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Translations
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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mission”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Ionisms
Finnish
Noun
mission
- genitive singular of missio
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sjɔ̃/
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 oblique singular, f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)
- expense; cost; outlay
Descendants
- French: mission
- Norman: mission
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈɧuːn/
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
Related terms
- missionär
- missionsfält
- missionsförbund