mission
/ˈmɪʃən/
verb
- To send someone to carry out a specific task or assignment.
- They were missioned to negotiate a peace treaty.
- The organization missioned her to set up a school in Africa.
- The government missioned a team of scientists to study the volcano.
noun
- An important task or goal that a person or group is sent to achieve.
- Her mission in life is to help children get a good education.
- The astronauts completed their mission to repair the space station.
- The team's mission was to deliver supplies to the remote village.
- A specific military operation or assignment.
- Their mission was to gather intelligence about the enemy's movements.
- The soldiers were sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.
- The pilot flew three missions during the war.
- A building or group of buildings used for religious or charitable work, especially by Christian missionaries.
- They built a mission in the jungle to provide medical care and education.
- The mission serves hot meals to homeless people every evening.
- The old mission in California is now a popular tourist attraction.
- A strong sense of purpose or calling that guides a person's actions.
- The artist described her work as a mission to bring beauty into people's lives.
- She felt a personal mission to protect the environment.
- His mission was to make the company more sustainable.