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/misjɔ̃/
Translation
mission, assignment
Word origin
From Latin missionem, accusative of missio ('a sending'), from mittere ('to send').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- missio
- English cognates
- mission, missile, emit
Grammar
Examples
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His mission is to retrieve the documents before midnight.
L'ONG ' .
The NGO launched an aid mission in the affected region.
! atteint tous .
Mission complete! We have achieved all our objectives.
cette .
My mission is to train the young employees this week.
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The firefighters finished their mission despite the difficult conditions.
Mission est un nom feminin designe une tache assignee, une expedition ou une vocation. Mission accomplie (mission accomplished) est une formule celebre de conclusion. En mission (on a mission) est courant dans les contextes militaires, diplomatiques et professionnels.
Mission impossible est une expression culturellement ancree. Donner une mission a quelqu'un (to assign a mission to someone) et confier une mission (to entrust a mission) sont des constructions formelles. Sens de la mission (sense of mission) designe une motivation profonde.
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