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mission
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)
- (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)
- (transitive) To send on a mission.
- 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
- 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)
- mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
- 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)
- (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)
- expense; cost; outlay
Descendants
- French: mission
- Norman: mission
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???u?n/
Noun
mission c
- (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
- (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism
Declension
Related terms
- missionär
- missionsfält
- missionsförbund
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wish
English
Etymology
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English w?s?an (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijan? (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh?- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Danish ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?sh, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
wish (plural wishes)
- A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
- An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
- The thing desired or longed for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- (Sussex) A water meadow.
Usage notes
- Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- precatory
- velleity
Verb
wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)
- (transitive) To desire; to want.
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- Now John the butler must be sent
To learn the road that Phyllis went:
The groom was wished to saddle Crop;
For John must neither light nor stop,
But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
And bring her back alive or dead.
- Now John the butler must be sent
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
- 1808, Jane Austen, letter, 1 October:
- She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
- Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
- (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
- (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Usage notes
- In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
References
- wish at OneLook Dictionary Search
- wish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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