mission

(mĭsh'ən)
n.

1. 1. A body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or establish relations with a foreign country.
   2. The business with which such a body of persons is charged.
   3. A permanent diplomatic office abroad.
   4. A body of experts or dignitaries sent to a foreign country.
2. 1. A body of persons sent to a foreign land by a religious organization, especially a Christian organization, to spread its faith or provide educational, medical, and other assistance.
   2. A mission established abroad.
   3. The district assigned to a mission worker.
   4. A building or compound housing a mission.
   5. An organization for carrying on missionary work in a territory.
   6. missions Missionary duty or work.
3. A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
4. A series of special Christian services for purposes of proselytizing.
5. A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.
6. 1. A special assignment given to a person or group: an agent on a secret mission.
   2. A combat operation assigned to a person or military unit.
   3. An aerospace operation intended to carry out specific program objectives: a mission to Mars.
7. An inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service; a vocation.

tr.v., -sioned, -sion·ing, -sions.

1. To send on a mission.
2. To organize or establish a religious mission among or in.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a mission.
2. Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish missions of California.
3. often Mission Of, relating to, or having the distinctive qualities of an early 20th-century style of plain, heavy, dark-stained wood furniture.

[French, from Old French, from Latin missiō, missiōn-, from missus, past participle of mittere, to send off.]

missional mis'sion·al adj.

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noun

1. A diplomatic office or headquarters in a foreign country: legation. See politics.
2. An assignment one is sent to carry out: commission, errand. See work/play.
3. An inner urge to pursue an activity or perform a service: calling, vocation. See desire.

In Spanish Colonial architecture, a church and complex of buildings usually dependent for support on a monastic order or a larger church.

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[MISH-uhn] The red-wine grape that the Franciscan missionaries planted during the eighteenth century as they migrated from Mexico up through southern and northern California. Although Mission was California's prevailing grape through the 1870s, its popularity and acreage have since diminished. Most of the remaining plantings are in the central valley and southern California. The Mission grape, which is closely related to Chile's Pais variety and Argentina's Criolla, is still extensively grown in Argentina as well as Mexico. Although definitely a vitis vinifera grape, its European connection has never been clearly established, although recent theories suggest that it is the same as the Monica grape variety grown in Sardinia. Mission wines are generally poor to medium quality; they're primarily used in blending.

(DOD) 1. The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore. 2. In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task. 3. The dispatching of one or more aircraft to accomplish one particular task.

IN BRIEF: A task that is assigned. Also: A group sent to a foreign country to provide training or help. Also: Of or relating to a style of architecture or furniture used in the early Spanish buildings of California.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. — Zig Ziglar.

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For a list of words related to mission, see:

• Space Exploration and Rocketry - mission: space flight with prescribed goals and operations
• Commercial Airlines, Airports, and Air Force - mission: flight by military aircraft, esp. bomber
• Soldiers and Military Life - mission: operational task ordered by command to be completed before reporting back to headquarters
• Diplomacy and Diplomats - mission: party sent overseas to conduct specific negotiations; permanent legation in foreign state
• Structures and Institutions - mission: local church or parish supported by larger religious organization, usu. in effort to convert nonbelievers

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hverv, opgave, kald, mission, missionsstation, gruppe missionærer
v. tr. - sende på en mission, organisere eller etablere en religiøs mission
adj. - missions-

Nederlands (Dutch)
missie, opdracht, gezantschap, zending, zendingspost, roeping, consulaat/ambassade

Français (French)
n. - mission, (Relig) mission, (Mil, Aviat) mission
v. tr. - envoyer en mission, organiser/fonder une mission religieuse parmi ou dans
adj. - géré par une mission

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mission, Auftrag, (ständige) Gesandschaft, Einsatz
v. - mit einer Mission betrauen, missionieren
adj. - Missions-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποστολή, λειτούργημα, επιδίωξη, έργο, σκοπός, καθήκον, (θρησκ.) ιεραποστολή, διακονία
v. - στέλνω σε αποστολή
adj. - αποστολή, λειτούργημα, επιδίωξη, έργο, σκοπός, καθήκον, (θρησκ.) ιεραποστολή, διακονία

Italiano (Italian)
missione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - missão (f)
v. - incumbir
adj. - missionário

Русский (Russian)
миссия, постоянное представительство, делегация, поручение, благотворительная деятельность, призвание, боевое задание, посылать с поручением, вести миссионерскую работу

Español (Spanish)
n. - embajada, misión, delegación
v. tr. - comisionar, enviar a una misión
adj. - de misión, misional

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mission
v. - missionera
adj. - missions-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
任务, 使命, 代表团, 派遣, 向...传教, 传教团的, 布道团的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 任務, 使命, 代表團
v. tr. - 派遣, 向...傳教
adj. - 傳教團的, 佈道團的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사명, 사절, 비행작전
v. tr. - 사명을 맡기다, 전도를 하다
adj. - 사명의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使節団, 使命, 任務, 飛行任務, 特別任務, 天職, 伝道所, 本部, 伝道団, 伝道, 宣教師団, 布教施設
v. - 布教を行う, 派遣する
adj. - 伝道団の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بعثه, مهمه (فعل) يبعث (صفه) مبعوث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שליחות, משלחת, מיסיון, מטלה, משימה, בית המיסיון‬
v. tr. - ‮שלח בשליחות, הקים או ארגן מיסיון נוצרי ב-‬
adj. - ‮של שליחות, של מיסיון, של משימה, של בית המיסיון, של משלחת‬

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