missions
Tasks with objectives
Missions is the plural of mission—tasks or assignments with specific purposes.
Military missions are operations with defined objectives.
Diplomatic missions are official delegations or their buildings: the French mission in Geneva.
Religious missions are efforts to spread faith or the establishments where missionaries work: Spanish missions dot the California coast.
In video games, missions are discrete objectives players must complete.
Promoting beliefs to others
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- convertChange in form or faith
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- churchPlace of Christian worship
preach · salvation · apostle · doctrine · faith · sermon · clergy · revival
Federal space exploration bureau
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- lunarOf the moon
Mars · orbit · spacecraft · payload · launch · control · EVA · docking
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
disaster response · refugee · medical · food distribution · shelter · UNICEF · Red Cross · crisis
Desired end result
- objectivePurpose or goal
- taskWork to be done
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
directive · calling · charge · duty · purpose · agenda · commitment · undertaking
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
negotiation · treaty · accord · summit · liaison · attaché · protocol · emissary
Process of working
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- sortieArmed raid outward
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- objectivePurpose or goal
deployment · tactical · strategic · assault · covert · extraction · briefing · debriefing
Traveling through unknown regions
- surveySystematic data collection
- scientificOf or using research methods
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
discovery · uncharted · trek · pioneering · geographic · research · field · charting
evangelism
Promoting beliefs to others
- proselytizeAdvocate one's beliefs
- convertChange in form or faith
- gospelSacred choral tradition
church · preach · salvation · apostle · doctrine · faith · sermon · clergy · revival · evangelical
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
lunar · Mars · orbit · spacecraft · payload · launch · control · EVA · docking · rendezvous
aid
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
NGO · disaster response · refugee · medical · food distribution · shelter · UNICEF · Red Cross · crisis · intervention
goal
Desired end result
- objectivePurpose or goal
- taskWork to be done
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
mandate · directive · calling · charge · duty · purpose · agenda · commitment · undertaking · quest
embassy
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
delegation · negotiation · treaty · accord · summit · liaison · attaché · protocol · emissary · foreign service
operation
Process of working
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- sortieArmed raid outward
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
objective · deployment · tactical · strategic · assault · covert · extraction · briefing · debriefing · commando
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
- surveySystematic data collection
- scientificOf or using research methods
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
mapping · discovery · uncharted · trek · pioneering · geographic · research · field · charting · documentation
- WWI Aviationair combat, aerial combat, dogfights, fighter pilots, ace pilots
- game contentDLC, expansions, quests, boss fights, levels
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- Colonial Catholicismfriars, Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, Augustinians
- flight gamesflight simulator, flight simulators, Microsoft Flight Simulator, cockpit view, aerial combat
- humanitarian workPeace Corps, Doctors Without Borders, relief efforts, Habitat for Humanity, volunteers
missionsaimlessness
Lack of direction
wandering · drifting · purposelessness · directionlessness · meandering
- on a missionPursuing a specific objective
- mission accomplishedTask finished, goal met
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- rescue missionOperation to save someone
- secret missionConcealed assignment with secrecy
- space missionOrganized extraterrestrial expedition
mission, commission, permission, admission, transmission, emission, omission, missionary, intermission