📒 an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country
- She led a recent trade mission to China.
- Thomas More toured Antwerp on a diplomatic mission for the king.
- It was too late to launch a rescue mission.
📒 a group of people doing such a job; the place where they work
- He is the head of the British mission in Berlin.
📒 the work of teaching people about Christianity, especially in a foreign country; a group of people doing such work
- Gandhi’s attitude to mission and conversion
- a Catholic mission in Africa
- She took up a position as a school teacher at St Peter's mission in Montana.
📒 a building or group of buildings used by a Christian mission
📒 particular work that you feel it is your duty to do
- Her mission in life was to work with the homeless.
- We are committed to the mission of helping students realize their full potential.
- You can tell by the determined way he talks that he is a man with a mission.
📒 an important job that is done by a soldier, group of soldiers, etc.
- The squadron flew on a reconnaissance mission.
- The military are fulfilling an important peacekeeping mission.
- He was sent on a secret mission approved by the Pentagon.
📒 a flight into space
- a US space mission
- He's been on several shuttle missions over the last decade.
- a successful spacecraft mission to Venus
📒 a task or journey that is very difficult and takes a long time to complete
- It's a mission to get there.
📒 used when you have successfully completed what you have had to do
- Mission accomplished, we headed for home.
📒 a difficult or impossible task
- Many regard this task as mission impossible.