How to pronounce “mission”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
• A important goal or purpose; an objective.
• (countable) A missionary expedition.
• (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
• (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
• A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
• (obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
• A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
• (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
• (slang, drugs) A drug run.
• (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To send on a mission.
• (intransitive) To do missionary work, proselytize.

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