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mish

mish is the clipping of mission.

mish is the clipping of missionary.

Meaning of mission

Noun

mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)

  1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
  2. A important goal or purpose; an objective.
    • [She] made it her mission in life to make sure that no one around them would ever know the real truth. But this daughter of hers, she was a loose cannon, she was not someone to be trusted.[…]2008 October 16, Martina Cole, The Business: A compelling suspense thriller of danger and destruction, Headline, →ISBN
  3. (countable) A missionary expedition.
  4. (in plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
  5. (countable) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
  6. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
    • [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...

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Meaning of missionary

Noun

missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)

  1. One who is sent on a mission.
    • Near-synonym: emissary
    Synonyms:
    emissary
  2. A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
    • A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
  3. (derogatory) A religious messenger.
  4. (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
    • My boyfriend only cums during missionary.
  5. (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

See all 6 meanings of missionary

Proper noun capitalized: Mish

Mish (plural Mishes)

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive/nickname form of the given name Michael, Michel or Michelle.

Forms of mish

Noun
pluralmishes
Proper noun
pluralMishes

Origin of mish

* Shortened from Michael (Male). * Shortened from Michel (Male). * Shortened from Michelle (Female). These names originally a variant of Hebrew: מי כאל (Michael). In Hebrew pronounce as (Miha'el), and short version is מי כ (Miha). But in other countries, due to dialect, the short version began to be pronounced as (Misha), and so a shorter version appeared as (Mish).

Questions about mish

What does mish mean?
Mish means a surname.
What is mish the clipping of?
Mish is the clipping of mission.
What part of speech is mish?
Mish is a proper noun.

Words near mish in the dictionary

  1. misguiders
  2. misguides
  3. misguiding
  4. misguidingly
  5. misguilt
  6. mish
  7. mish-mash
  8. mish-mashed
  9. mish-mashes
  10. mish-mashing
  11. Misha

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mish (page history and authors); Mish (page history and authors); mission (page history and authors); missionary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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