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A mission, from the Latin word missum (meaning "sent"), is defined as a duty that involves fulfilling a request. Mission may also refer to:

Space mission, a physical exploration of outer space objects (see space exploration)
Diplomatic mission, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory
Christian mission, a movement or outpost of Christian proclamation of the faith
Mormon missions, movements established by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which its Mormon missionaries proselytize.
The geographic region they proselytize in is also called a Mission
Mission (station), a name for the location of missionary practice, often associated with the displacement of local people during the process of colonisation

Mission is often used to refer to the outposts established as instruments of colonization by Spanish friars throughout much of the New World.

Mission District of San Francisco, California, derives its name from such an establishment, the Mission San Francisco de Asís. See also Spanish missions in California and Spanish missions in Mexico, among others
Mission High School (San Francisco) in San Francisco, near the Mission District and Mission San Francisco de Asis, and named due to this proximity, is sometimes referred to as "Mission"
Missions or Missões (in Portuguese) is a term used to refer to a historical region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and also to a group of mission communities established by Jesuit priests (see Paraguayan born Padre Roque Gonzales de Santa Cruz) in the sixteen hundreds among the ancient Guarani people who inhabited and continue inhabiting (although in much smaller numbers) the region today. There were seven of these missions on what is today's Brazilian territory. Presently a few mission ruins still remain standing and are being preserved; the best example being São Miguel das Missões)
Missions or Missões (in Portuguese) also is the name of a region located in today's state of Rio Grande do Sul, roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions. See also the names of cities in the Missões region: Guarani das Missões, São Paulo das Missões, Campina das Missões, etc. These communities are by and large the result of modern European colonization and where German dialects such Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, Polish, Italian (Talian), Russian are still practiced informally.

Missions may also refer to the popular Bolivarian social programs deployed by the Hugo Chávez Frías administration in Venezuela, including:

Mission Barrio Adentro
Mission Barrio Adentro 2
Mission Barrio Adentro 3
Mission Robinson
Mission Robinson 2
Mission Robinson 3
Mission Ribas
Mission Sucre
Mission Vuelvan Caras
Mission Cultura
Mission Ciencia
Mission Negra Hipólita
Mission Zamora

Several communities are named Mission, including:

Mission, British Columbia, in Canada
Mission, Kansas, in the United States
Mission, Oregon, in the U.S.
Mission, South Dakota, in the U.S.
Mission, Texas, in the U.S.
Mission, Calgary, a district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Other uses

The Mission (movie), a 1986 film with a Christian mission as its setting.
Mission statement, a credo used by many businesses and institutions.
Mission, in military parlance, is a military action; see military operation.
Mission (people), is also the name of an ethnic group.
Mission Vao is the name of a character from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
The Mission (British band), a gothic rock band known as The Mission UK in the U.S.
Mission (television series), an animated television series.
mission (grape), a variety of grape
A Mission bottle in pharmacy is a container for an oral liquid drug that is given to a patient (as opposed to a stock bottle, which usually contains a bulk amount of liquid and is not to be given to patients). This use of "mission" relates to the Latin meaning "sent out".
Mission Style an architectural style.
Captain Mission 18 Century Pirate, Captain of The Republic of the Sea, Utopian thinker and later a Discordian Saint.

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