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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a group of people sent to a foreign location to establish relations and conduct trade or do diplomatic or religious work.
A Catholic mission established itself in Beijing in the thirteenth century.- synonyms:
- ambassadors, delegation, deputation, diplomats, embassy, emissaries, envoys, missionaries
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| definition 2: |
the purpose guiding such a group of people.
The priests were committed to their mission of converting the people to Christianity.- synonyms:
- cause, crusade
- similar words:
- calling, inspiration, justification, motive, purpose, reason, vocation
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| definition 3: |
any important task that one is sent to do, or a goal that one has imposed on oneself.
The astronaut's mission, in 1962, was to orbit the earth.
- synonyms:
- assignment, charge, undertaking
- similar words:
- detail, duty, errand, job, task
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| definition 4: |
an individual or a team of people whose goal is to explore and gather information about a new territory or part of outer space, or a particular instance of travel and exploration by such people.
The astronaut was the last of his mission to return to Earth.The year 1969 saw the first successful mission to the moon. |
| definition 5: |
the buildings and land used by such a group.
The monks live in a mission outside the city.- similar words:
- church, compound, embassy
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| definition 6: |
a particular task or self-imposed duty, often religious and performed with great conviction.
- similar words:
- calling, observance, offering, penance, rite, sacrifice, vocation
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| definition 7: |
a place in a city, typically operated by a church or other institution, where homeless or destitute people can find help, esp. in the form of food or shelter.
- synonyms:
- home, shelter
- similar words:
- protection, refuge
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| related words: |
campaign, function, movement, objective, post, trek, trust, work |
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