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Mission - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Action, Activity, Adventure, Agency, Aim, Allegiance, Art, Assignment, Authority, Authorization, Basilica, Bethel, Bombing, Brevet, Burden, Busywork |
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A mission literally means something that is sent, from the Latin word missum, "sent".
- Thus we may refer to space exploration expeditions as "space missions",
- or to a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory as a "diplomatic mission".
- Christian missions are movements or outposts of Christian proselytism.
- Several cities and towns are named Mission, including:
- Mission, British Columbia, in Canada
- Mission, Kansas, in the United States
- Mission, Oregon, in the US
- Mission, South_Dakota, in the US
- Mission, Texas, in the US
- The 1986 film The Mission has a Christian mission as its setting.
- Analogously to the religious use, some businesses see and label their marketing practices as "missions". Other businesses may simply subscribe to mission statements as credos.
- In military parlance, "operations" are sometimes termed "missions".
- Mission is also the name of an ethnic group.
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Example Usage of Mission |
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Mopetty: see u tomorrow, when all will be well and Mission get better, starts..... |
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SenseiGiles: I am on a Mission to get Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" to the top of my 25 Most Played by the end of the week. |
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Anna__Bella: Fort Hood continues Mission prep: But the specter of the shooting that killed 13 dead and .. http://bit.ly/4zSynr http://bit.ly/2fFwT5 |
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