noun
1 important task
ADJECTIVE
▪ joint
▪
a joint Anglo-American ~
▪ 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
▪ special
VERB + MISSION
▪ carry out , conduct , execute , go on , perform , undertake
▪ accomplish , complete
▪
Our ~ accomplished, we headed for home.
▪ dispatch sb on , give , send sb on
▪
An aid team will be sent on a ~ to the earthquake zone.
▪ launch
▪
It was too late to launch a rescue ~.
▪ fly , fly on (used of military planes)
▪
He flew a total of 41 ~s over the country.
▪ abandon , abort , cancel (esp. of military missions)
▪
The captain instructed them to abort the ~.
MISSION + VERB
▪ end in failure , fail
▪
Their ~ ended in failure.
▪ be a success , succeed
MISSION + NOUN
▪ objective
▪ accomplishment ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
He was sent on a secret ~ approved by the Pentagon.
PHRASES
▪ ~ impossible
▪
Many regard his task as ~ impossible.
2 team sent to perform a task
ADJECTIVE
▪ diplomatic , military , trade
VERB + MISSION
▪ establish , set up
▪ send
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
The US is sending a trade ~ to China.
3 into space
ADJECTIVE
▪ shuttle , space , spacecraft
▪ lunar , planetary
▪ manned , unmanned
▪ robotic
VERB + MISSION
▪ go on , make
▪
He's been on several shuttle ~s over the last decade.
▪ abort
MISSION + NOUN
▪ control
▪
The spacecraft lost contact with ~ control.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
experiments conducted on a space ~
▪ ~ to
▪
a successful spacecraft ~ to Venus
4 special aim
ADJECTIVE
▪ main , primary
▪ stated
VERB + MISSION
▪ have
▪
He now has a ~ in life: to expand the horizons of those around him.
▪ pursue
▪ fulfil/fulfill , meet
MISSION + NOUN
▪ statement
PHRASES
▪ a man with a ~ , a woman with a ~
▪
You can tell by the determined way he talks that he is a man with a ~.
▪ a sense of ~
▪
A powerful sense of ~ underpins everything he does.
5 place where people work to help others
ADJECTIVE
▪ Christian
▪ educational
VERB + MISSION
▪ establish , found
▪ run
MISSION + NOUN
▪ work
▪ hospital , school