mission

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
noun an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
noun a special assignment that is given to a person or group

Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).

Republicans demand a special mission. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
San Yenness River.--At the Mission. — The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions, Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes) Marcy
So ended our mission to Borneo. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel

missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission

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