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A mission, from the Latin missum (English: sent), is a specific task with which a person or group has been charged.

Mission may also refer to:

Religion and politics

Mission can also mean, if you are from Liverpool or any where scouse it means a long way.

Geography

In the United States:

In Canada:

In Brazil:

The Arts

Other uses

  • Space mission, the launch of craft into outer space.
  • Mission statement, a statement of purpose used by many businesses and institutions.
  • Military operation ("mission"), a military action.
  • Mission Vao, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
  • Mission (grape), a variety of grape.
  • Mission bottle, a bottle in a pharmacy for an oral liquid drug given to a patient (as opposed to a stock bottle, which usually contains a bulk amount of liquid and is not to be given to patients).
  • Mission (people), an ethnic group.
  • Mission (slang), a slang term often used to describe a task or objective of which is considered difficult by the user
  • Mission British manufacturer of loudspeakers now owned by IAG

See also