Mission Group Work ˈmɪʃn People Extra Examples Trade

• 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.
• they undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.

mission

1. 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.
• They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.
• a mercy mission to aid homeless refugees

Extra Examples

• The mission of the Centre is to provide professional educational support to teachers and students.
• An aid team will be sent on a mission to the earthquake zone.
• The US is sending a trade mission to China.
• Their mission ended in failure.
• a joint Anglo-American mission
• Do not return until you have accomplished your mission.
• It was a joint mission between France and Germany.
• He has been appointed to head a UN fact-finding mission in the region.
2. a group of people doing such a job; the place where they work
• He is the head of the British mission in Berlin.
3. 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.
4. a building or group of buildings used by a Christian mission
5. particular work that you feel it is your duty to do
• SYNONYM vocation
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• 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.

Extra Examples

• One of the missions of academic institutions is to improve the quality of life of our citizens.
• He now has a mission in life: to expand the horizons of those around him.
• We will continue our mission to close the gap between customers' expectations and the reality.
6. 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.

Extra Examples

• He was sent on a secret mission approved by the Pentagon.
• He flew a total of 41 missions over Britain.
• UN troops were sent on a mercy mission to the disaster site.
• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.
7. a flight into space
• a US space mission
• He's been on several shuttle missions over the last decade.

Extra Examples

• a successful spacecraft mission to Venus
• experiments conducted on a space mission
8. a task or journey that is very difficult and takes a long time to complete
• It's a mission to get there.
9. used when you have successfully completed what you have had to do
• Mission accomplished, we headed for home.
10. a difficult or impossible task
• Many regard this task as mission impossible.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (denoting the sending of the Holy Spirit into the world): from Latin missio(n-), from mittere ‘send’.