missions

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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