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A goal with a deadline, a budget, and someone who'll be mad if you fail.
means An important task or purpose someone is sent to accomplish, often with a specific goal and stakes attached.
from From Latin 'mittere' (to send), via 'missio' (the act of sending). The word arrived in church contexts first — missionaries being literally 'sent out' to spread faith — before it spread to military operations, space launches, and eventually your inbox.
- same root as
- missile, also literally a thing sent
- NASA borrowed it
- every launch is a mission, not a trip
- corporate drift
- mission statements rarely involve actual sending