- mission
- noun1 important taskADJECTIVE▪ joint▪
a joint Anglo-American mission
▪ covert, secret, stealth, undercover▪ dangerous▪ suicide▪ historic▪ routine▪ fact-finding, training▪ tactical▪ escort▪ reconnaissance▪ bombing, combat, military▪ wartime▪ search-and-destroy▪ mercy, rescue▪ peacekeeping▪ diplomatic▪ humanitarian▪ failed, successful▪ specialVERB + MISSION▪ carry out, conduct, execute, go on, perform, undertake▪ accomplish, complete▪Our mission accomplished, we headed for home.
▪ dispatch sb on, give, send sb on▪An aid team will be sent on a mission to the earthquake zone.
▪ launch▪It was too late to launch a rescue mission.
▪ fly, fly on (used of military planes)▪He flew a total of 41 missions over the country.
▪ abandon, abort, cancel (esp. of military missions)▪The captain instructed them to abort the mission.
MISSION + VERB▪ end in failure, fail▪Their mission ended in failure.
▪ be a success, succeedMISSION + NOUN▪ objective▪ accomplishment (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ on a/the mission▪He was sent on a secret mission approved by the Pentagon.
PHRASES▪ mission impossible▪Many regard his task as mission impossible.
2 team sent to perform a taskADJECTIVE▪ diplomatic, military, tradeVERB + MISSION▪ establish, set up▪ sendPREPOSITION▪ mission to▪The US is sending a trade mission to China.
3 into spaceADJECTIVE▪ shuttle, space, spacecraft▪ lunar, planetary▪ manned, unmanned▪ roboticVERB + MISSION▪ go on, make▪He's been on several shuttle missions over the last decade.
▪ abortMISSION + NOUN▪ control▪The spacecraft lost contact with mission control.
PREPOSITION▪ on a/the mission▪experiments conducted on a space mission
▪ mission to▪a successful spacecraft mission to Venus
4 special aimADJECTIVE▪ main, primary▪ statedVERB + MISSION▪ have▪He now has a mission in life: to expand the horizons of those around him.
▪ pursue▪ fulfil/fulfill, meetMISSION + NOUN▪ statementPHRASES▪ a man with a mission, a woman with a mission▪You can tell by the determined way he talks that he is a man with a mission.
▪ a sense of mission▪A powerful sense of mission underpins everything he does.
5 place where people work to help othersADJECTIVE▪ Christian▪ educationalVERB + MISSION▪ establish, found▪ runMISSION + NOUN▪ work▪ hospital, school
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
