mission
noun
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
missions
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pluralof mission.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The effort also supports the broader missions of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center and UVA's Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, both of which are working to improve care through new medical discoveries.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nežič's asteroid was discovered by "one of the big missions", he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
But the unrelenting pace of flight operations is putting a strain on aircraft and crew members, according to U.S. officials familiar with the missions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge is still where many of NASA’s robotic space missions are built and operated, and SpaceX has forged most of its rockets and spacecraft in Hawthorne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
That way, if people were transferred or killed in combat, there were always competent airwomen ready to fly the open-cockpit Po-2s on their nightly harassment missions.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
