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 main idea of the company is to automate parts of these missions so personnel can concentrate on operational decisions rather than manually managing every aspect of a drone’s flight or sensor operation. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026 Notably, in the new documents, NASA assigns an explicit price to crew and cargo missions. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 Our species has launched nearly 50 missions to Mars since 1960, all of them robotic. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 9 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
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
  • Directing duties are shared by China’s Zhao Yilong and American filmmaker Shaun Piccinino.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • More than 1,500 potential voters signed up for a meeting of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care board to pick a replacement for the core duties of the beleaguered Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • Both companies extended several logistics agreements through 2030 covering fulfillment, returns and inbound operations in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That approach could help the Army strengthen its missile defenses without abandoning the technology and infrastructure already supporting its air defense operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 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
  • Compared with legacy platforms, the Ship-to-Shore Connector incorporates design improvements intended to increase payload capacity and speed while reducing operator and logistical requirements.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The new changes in the electoral law ease some requirements for candidates seeking office, eliminate the need for some financial documents and a mandatory medical certificate, and introduce electronic voter registration.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of requirements

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“Missions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missions. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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