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Meaning of mission

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  mission
      n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to
           carry on religious work [syn: {mission}, {missionary post},
           {missionary station}, {foreign mission}]
      2: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the
         planes were on a bombing mission" [syn: {mission}, {military
         mission}]
      3: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
         confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
         message" [syn: {mission}, {charge}, {commission}]
      4: the organized work of a religious missionary [syn: {mission},
         {missionary work}]
      5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: {deputation},
         {commission}, {delegation}, {delegacy}, {mission}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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