Collocations for "mission"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mission" in context.
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mission
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [dangerous, life-threatening, top-secret] mission
- a [social, political, military, diplomatic, government, spying] mission
- a space mission to [Mars, the moon]
- the [aim, goal, objective] of the mission is to
- a fact-finding mission to [Cuba]
- the [Cuban] mission to the [UN]
- sent on [an undercover, a secret] mission (to)
- given a mission to [rescue, extract, bomb, wipe out, destroy]
- the soldier's [second] mission in [the Middle East, in the Pacific]
- on a mission for [justice, peace, truth]
- a mission to [find out, discover, uncover] the truth
- a mission of [promoting, providing, helping, gathering]
- (on) a mission to [promote]
- her mission in life is to [help, educate, eradicate]
- her life's mission is to [help]
- idiom: [sounds, looks, seems] like she's on a mission!
- [Catholic, Christian] missions in [Asia]
'mission' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accomplished
- achieve
- agency
- brave
- bridge
- central
- compromise
- courage
- damned
- daunting
- dedicate
- deem
- discretion
- disgrace
- done
- enlightenment
- entail
- entrust
- equal
- extent
- extremely
- failed
- foundation
- founder
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- go
- hallmark
- heavy
- hopeless
- institution
- integral
- jeopardize
- lone
- maiden
- moon
- objective
- organization
- outfit
- overwhelming
- plough
- ray
- rehearsal
- relevant
- reliability
- relish
- rescue
- scrub
- search
- secret