different between mission vs warrant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin missi?nem, accusative of missi? (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”), from mitt? (“I send”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?sh?n, m?sh??n, IPA^(key): /?m??n?/, /?m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: mis?sion

Noun

mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)

1. (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
2. (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
3. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
4. (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
5. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
6. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
7. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.

Derived terms

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Verb

mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)

1. (transitive) To send on a mission.
2. do missionary work, proselytize

Further reading

• mission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mission in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Ionisms

Finnish

Noun

mission

1. genitive singular of missio

French

Etymology

From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.sj??/

Noun

mission f (plural missions)

1. mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
2. mission (religious evangelism)

Derived terms

• missionnaire
• missionner

Related terms

• admission
• démission
• permission
• rémission
• mettre

Further reading

• “mission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• misions

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.

Noun

mission f (plural missions)

1. (Jersey) mission

Old French

Alternative forms

• mession
• micion
• mision

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.

Noun

mission f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)

1. expense; cost; outlay

Descendants

• French: mission
• Norman: mission

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???u?n/

Noun

mission c

1. (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
2. (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism

Declension

Related terms

• missionär
• missionsfält
• missionsförbund

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English warant (“protector; guard, shield, protection”), from Anglo-Norman warrant, Old Northern French warant, warand, a variant of Old French guarant, garant, garand (“assurance, guarantee; authorization, permission; protector; protection, safety”) (modern French garant), from Frankish *warand, present participle of *warjan (“to fend off; to stop, thwart”). The word is cognate with Old High German werento (“guarantor”).

The verb is derived from Middle English warrant, waranten (“to give protection; to protect, shield; to assure, pledge, promise; to guarantee”), from Anglo-Norman warantir, warandir, warentir, and Old Northern French warandir, warantir, variant forms of Old French guarantir (“to protect”) (modern French garantir), a Romance formation from the noun guarant: see above.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• Hyphenation: war?rant

Noun

warrant (countable and uncountable, plural warrants)

1. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
2. (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
3. (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
4. (finance, countable) An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
5. (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
6. (military, countable) Short for warrant officer.
   1. (countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
7. (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
8. (obsolete, countable) A defender, a protector.
9. (mining, uncountable) Underclay in a coal mine.

   Synonym: warren earth

Alternative forms

• warraunt (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Italian: warrant

Related terms

Translations

Verb

warrant (third-person singular simple present warrants, present participle warranting, simple past and past participle warranted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
3. (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
4. (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
5. (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
6. (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• warranted (adjective)

Translations

References

Further reading

• warrant (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• warrant (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• warrant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English warrant.

Noun

warrant m (invariable)

1. warrant (document or certificate)