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Noun mission has 5 senses
- mission, missionary post, missionary station, foreign mission - an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
--1 is a kind of nongovernmental organization, NGO
- mission, military mission - an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the planes were on a bombing mission"
--2 is a kind of operation, military operation
--2 has particulars:
- mission, charge, commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
--3 is a kind of assignment, duty assignment
--3 has particulars:
- mission, missionary work - the organized work of a religious missionary
--4 is a kind of work
--4 has particulars: da'wah, dawah
- deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission - a group of representatives or delegates
--5 is a kind of organization, organisation
--5 has particulars: diplomatic mission; embassy
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