mission
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the organized work of a religious missionarytype of:travailactivity directed toward making or doing something
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a group of representatives or delegatessynonyms: délégation, députationtypes:mission diplomatiquea mission serving diplomatic endstype of:
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an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
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a special assignment that is given to a person or groupsynonyms: tâchetypes:mission impossiblean extremely dangerous or difficult mission
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an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarterstype of:opérationactivity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
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a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or missiontype of:voyagea journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
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a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)types:tâchea special assignment that is given to a person or groupmission impossiblean extremely dangerous or difficult missiontype of:devoirwork that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
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