mission

/ˈmɪʃən/ noun [C]

Definition

JOB › an important job, usually travelling somewhere: I'll be going on a fact-finding mission to Paris next week.

GROUP › an official group of people who are sent somewhere, usually to discover information about something: a trade mission

JOURNEY › an important journey which a spacecraft or military aircraft goes on

PURPOSE › someone's duty or purpose in life: Her mission in life was to help the poor.

(Definition of mission noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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