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Mission
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mission
English
+, British Columbia
Proper noun
en district municipality province/British Columbia c/Canada.
en neighborhood cities/San Francisco.
Translations
city in British Columbia
Arabic: ar ميشن mīšan
French: fr Mission f
Greek: el Μίσιον
Hebrew: he מישן
Japanese: ja ミッション Misshon
Korean: ko 미션 Misyeon
Anagrams
en iimnoss Ionisms
German
Etymology
16th century, de la missio 1. Later reinforced by cognate de fr mission.
Pronunciation
de /mɪˈsjoːn/
de De-Mission.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Mis si on
Noun
f ^chen
de countable mission set of tasks
de Auftrag Sendung
de Der Agent wurde in geheimer Mission ins Ausland entsandt. The agent was sent abroad on a secret mission.
de countable mission group of people appointed for such a task; their place of work
de Gesandtschaft Delegation Abordnung Kommando
de uncountable definite mission, evangelization, proselytism religious, especially Christian, activism
de Missionierung Evangelisierung
de Die Mission der Heiden war ihr ein lebenslanges Anliegen. The evangelization of the heathen was a life-long concern of hers.
Usage notes
Not much used in military parlance, where de Einsatz is the usual word for en mission.
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Handelsmission
de Weltraummission
de Äußere Mission, de Innere Mission
Derived terms
de missionieren
de Missionar
de Missionsauftrag
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
hrx /miˈsi̯oːn/
Noun
f Missione
mission
Further reading