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Synonyms for “mission”

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mission

noun

= assignment, job, labour, operation, work, commission, trip, message (Scottish), task, undertaking, expedition, chore, errand • the most crucial stage of his latest peace mission
= delegation, ministry, embassy, representation, task force, legation, deputation • a senior member of a diplomatic mission
= sortie, operation, raid • a bomber that crashed during a training mission
= task, work, calling, business, job, office, charge, goal, operation, commission, trust, aim, purpose, duty, undertaking, pursuit, quest, assignment, vocation, errand • He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from evil.

'mission' in Other Languages

British English: mission A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country. NOUNThey sent him abroad on a diplomatic mission.
Brazilian Portuguese: missão
Chinese: > 使命尤指远赴他国的
European Spanish: misión
French: mission
German: Mission
Italian: missione
Japanese: 任務
Korean: 임무
Portuguese: missão
Spanish: misión

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