Thesaurus results for MISSION

mission

noun

ˈmi-shən

Definition of mission

as in job

a specific task with which a person or group is charged your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives

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Recent Examples of mission Americans should not give up on their messianic mission to bend the arc of history toward more freedom. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 The Apollo mission’s chips were less powerful than those currently inside a digital pregnancy test. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The company has launched 80 satellites to date, and four more ICEYE satellites are set to launch this week on a SpaceX rideshare mission. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Werlau, who spoke about Cuban medical missions abroad, said a doctor in Cuba earns less than $10 a month on average. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mission

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission

Noun

The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Was Sarandos courting Bloys for a top job at the streamer, perhaps to take the job then held by Bajaria?

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of job

Noun

No other reporter was available or willing to take the assignment.

— Richard Nichols, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
This defense needs to find a way to make quarterbacks uncomfortable without becoming blitz crazy, and that means Chop Robinson, Josh Uche and Malik Herring must step up and win more of their 1-on-1 assignments.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of assignment

Noun

Donald is taking on a support role with BBC Studios alongside his day-to-day duties running his Cosmopolitan Pictures indie.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
At a news conference, Ali Daamoush accused the Lebanese state of failing to carry out its duties to help the displaced.

— Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of duty

Noun

The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Boston Dynamics‘ prototype operation brings engineers and machinists together to develop, manufacture, assemble, and maintain robotic hardware.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of operation

Noun

No perpetrators have been publicly identified, and no claims of responsibility have been made public.

— JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
The carrier is expected to hold NATO command ship responsibilities until mid-2027, positioning it to lead a multinational naval force if activated during an international crisis.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026