missions

noun

plural of mission
as in assignments
a specific task with which a person or group is charged your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives

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Recent Examples of missions The aircraft is particularly suited to Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), maritime surveillance, anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026 Fortson was assigned as a missions operator to the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field. — Corey Williams, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Similar launch abort systems were used on NASA's Mercury Gemini and Apollo missions, as well as on the agency's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026 Decades later, its business spans reusable rockets, satellite internet, human spaceflight and national-security missions. — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missions
  1. assignments
  2. jobs
  3. duties
  4. operations
  5. responsibilities
  6. requirements
Noun
  • Other independents in the Senate, including Maine's Angus King on the moderate end and Vermont's Bernie Sanders on the left, caucus with Democrats for organizational purposes and committee assignments.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Other independents in the Senate, including Maine’s Angus King on the moderate end and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders on the left, caucus with Democrats for organizational purposes and committee assignments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of assignments
Noun
  • There have been jobs added in Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Workers from India reported having to pay $5,600 to recruiters to get the jobs, but the settlement did not directly address abuses in India, where prosecutors could not investigate, officials said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • Tate Nagy relinquished punt return duties to Keaton Kubecka Saturday.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The contract also establishes a binding grievance procedure and additional pay for employees who take on extra duties or are required to work on-site during an emergency.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • The department’s deputy superintendent of operations, Abel Guillén, sent an email to staff last Friday that one live bedbug and five dead ones were found in room 3506.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The opening comes more than three years after Toyota announced plans to invest nearly $50 million in the facility at its Michigan research and development operations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of operations
Noun
  • An aircraft acquisition introduces a different set of responsibilities.
    — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Partners must divide responsibilities, delegate to each other and determine who has the final say when their territories overlap.
    — Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of responsibilities
Noun
  • Thiel also secured New Zealand citizenship in 2011, receiving a special exemption from the usual residency requirements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Its intended role is to help operators respond to drone threats while accommodating changes in equipment and mission requirements.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of requirements

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“Missions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missions. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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