The meaning of MISSION is a specific task with which a person or a group is charged. How to use mission in a sentence.

A mission is also a group of people who are sent to another place to do a particular job or to represent their country, organization, or religion, or the place where they go to do this work:

To send (someone) on a mission. 2. To organize or establish a religious mission among (a people) or in (an area).

Also called foreign mission. a group of persons sent by a church to carry on religious work, especially evangelization in foreign lands, and often to establish schools, hospitals, etc.

A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves traveling to another country. Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.

There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mission, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Mission, another term for quest, a task in a video game.

Mission definition: An ambition or purpose that is assumed by a person or group.

Definition of mission noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

MISSION meaning: 1 : a task or job that someone is given to do; 2 : a specific military or naval task