Mission as a noun

1.)
a: a specific task with which a person or a group is
charged
b: a definite military, naval, or aerospace task
: a flight operation of an aircraft or spacecraft in the
performance of a mission
c: a preestablished and often self-imposed objective
or purpose
2.)CALLING, VOCATION
3.) a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry
on an activity: such as
a: a group sent to a foreign country to conduct
diplomatic or political negotiations
b: a permanent embassy or legation
c: a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a
foreign country
4.)
a: a ministry commissioned by a religious
organization to propagate its faith or carry-on
humanitarian work…
b: assignment to or work in a field of missionary
enterprise
c: a mission establishment
 : a local church or parish dependent on a larger
religious organization for direction or financial support
d:missions plural : organized missionary work
e: a course of sermons and services given to convert
the unchurched or quicken Christian faith
5.) obsolete : the act or an instance of sending

Mission as a Verb

1.) to send on or entrust with a mission

2.) to carry on a religious mission among or in

Mission as an adjective

1.) of or relating to a style used in the early Spanish

missions of the southwestern U.S.
2.) of, relating to, or having the characteristic of a style
of plain heavy usually oak furniture originating in the U.S.
in the early part of the 20th century

The word mission can be used as a noun

Missions themselves are simple statements that clarify what you are all about and what you
want to do in life. Figuring out your mission sounds simple, but it’s often hard. Often, the
greater the mission, the more simply it can be stated. Your mission needs to include your
enthusiasms for life. If you have no passion for your mission, then it isn’t really your mission.
As of Nov. 21, 2022, the population of the world is about 7.9 billion.
Thus, there could also be 7.9 billion definitions and interpretation of what Mission is.
But from this total population, 47.7% are Christians and their definition of Mission is in
unison that it is to send on or entrust with a mission, a mission from God.
Also, in other religious groups such as Animism, Hinduism, China, Islam, Buddhism and
Taoism set also for missionaries to proclaim the gospels of their god as an entrusted to them.
Cited from an article “The Traveling Team” , there are 11,900 Missionaries: 1 for every
60,000, Hindus – 5,500 Missionaries: 1 for every 179,000, Unreligious – 11,700 Missionaries:
1 for every 71,000, Muslims –4,200 Missionaries: 1 for every 405,500 and Buddhists –2,000
Missionaries: 1 for every 260,000 who ae entrusted to fulfill the missions of their respective
religious group.

From the numbers presented it goes to say that majority of the population defines mission as
to send on or entrust with a mission, a mission from God thus making it the most common
definition of the term.

http://www.thetravelingteam.org/stats