mission
/ˈmɪʃ.ən/ verb C2- To send on a mission.
- To do missionary work, proselytize.
- To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort.
He/she/it missions · Past missioned · Past participle missioned · -ing form missioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- mission
- He/she/it
- missions
- Past
- missioned
- Past participle
- missioned
- -ing form
- missioning
From the library
In order, doubtless, that he might not be disturbed while fulfilling his sacred mission, the priest rose as soon as d’Avrigny departed, and not only bolted the door through which the doctor had just left, but also that leading to Madame de Villefort’s room.
Almost all the armed pilgrims that went to the Holy Land took for their arms either a cross, in honor of their mission, or birds of passage, in sign of the long voyage they were about to undertake, and which they hoped to accomplish on the wings of faith.
There he saw the grand-marshal, who charged him with an oral message to a Bonapartist in Paris, whose name I could not extract from him; but this mission was to prepare men’s minds for a return (it is the man who says this, sire)—a return which will soon occur.”
While in London on this treasonable mission he met his end.”
Other matches
Learn mission in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.