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mission
 
Noun mission has 5 senses
  1. mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission - an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
    --1 is a kind of nongovernmental organization, NGO
  2. mission, military mission - an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the planes were on a bombing mission"
    --2 is a kind of operation, military operation
    --2 has particulars:
     combat mission; search mission; search and destroy mission; direct support
  3. mission, charge, commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
    --3 is a kind of assignment, duty assignment
    --3 has particulars:
     fool's errand; mission impossible; suicide mission, martyr operation, sacrifice operation
  4. mission, missionary work - the organized work of a religious missionary
    --4 is a kind of work
    --4 has particulars: da'wah, dawah
  5. deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission - a group of representatives or delegates
    --5 is a kind of organization, organisation
    --5 has particulars: diplomatic mission; embassy
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