mission

mis-sion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An important assignment or task, especially involving travel.

  2. 2.

    The purpose or goal of an organization or person.

  3. 3.

    A group of people sent to another country for a specific purpose.

  4. 4.

    A military or naval operation.

  5. 5.

    A building or group of buildings used for religious missionary work.

  6. 6.

    A strongly felt aim or calling.

Forms

plural: missions

Related words

See also: goal, purpose, task
Synonyms: assignment, purpose, task

Etymology

From Latin "missio" meaning "act of sending, a dispatching," from "missus," past participle of "mittere" (to send). Related to "missile" and "message."