mission

«mission» in Mova's judaism dictionary: an important job someone is sent to do, often far away… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mission, missions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A mission is an important job someone is sent to do, often far away, like a space mission or a rescue mission. tree →

2) A mission is a trip by a spacecraft or a team of soldiers, scientists or helpers to do a special task. tree →

3) Someone's mission is the big aim they feel they must achieve: her mission is to save the turtles. tree →

4) (church) A mission is work by a church to spread its faith and help people, or the place, such as a church or hospital, where missionaries work. tree →

5) A group of officials sent to another country, such as a diplomatic mission. tree →

6) (informal) «It was a mission» means a task was really hard work. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons you learn about space missions, like the Apollo missions to the Moon and missions to Mars. In video games, a mission is a task or level to complete. In history and RE you meet Christian missions and missionaries, who Christians believe were sharing the good news of Jesus, though some missions also harmed local cultures. Phrases: on a mission, mission accomplished, mission control, space mission, rescue mission, mission statement.

examples

• Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The astronauts trained for years before the mission. tree →
• Mission control talked to the crew by radio. tree →
• The firefighters went on a rescue mission in the storm. tree →
• Her mission is to get everyone in class reading. tree →
• The old Spanish mission is now a museum. tree →
• Our school has a mission statement on the wall. tree →
• I finished the last mission in the game! tree →
• Finding a parking space at the beach was a mission (informal). tree →
• Several mice offered themselves for this mission and set out to find the young captain. tree →

note

Countable: a mission, missions. A person sent on a church mission is a «missionary». «Mission accomplished» means the job is done. «Mission impossible» (from a film) means a task that seems impossible. Australia/NZ/UK informal: «It's a mission» means it's a lot of effort.

In the corpora

• «Secret mission.» Then a mate checked the team list online: no uncle.
• For the rest of the year the class called him «Secret Mission».
• The next crewed landing on the Moon is planned for the late 2020s, but dates for big space missions very often slip.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mission» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.