Category:Missions


 * 1) an important assignment given to a person or group of people, typically involving travel abroad.  "a fact-finding mission to the Czech Republic"  synonyms:  assignment · commission · expedition · journey · trip · errand · undertaking · operation · task · job · labour · work · chore · business · duty · charge · trust · message
 * 2) * a group of people sent on a mission. "by then, the mission had journeyed over 3,500 miles"  synonyms:  delegation · deputation · commission · task force · legation · representation · delegacy
 * 3) * an organization or institution involved in a long-term assignment abroad. "the head of the West German mission"
 * 4) the vocation or calling of a religious organization, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith.  "the Christian mission" ·   synonyms:  vocation · calling · pursuit · goal · aim · quest · undertaking · purpose · function
 * 5) a strongly felt aim, ambition, or calling.  "his main mission in life has been to cut unemployment"  synonyms:  aim · goal · purpose · objective · object · grail · holy grail · target · intention · intent · design · motive · aspiration · wish · desire · ambition · raison d'être