mission statement
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- noun
- /ˈmɪʃən ˈsteɪtmənt/
- Our company's mission statement focuses on innovation and sustainability.
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Watch on YouTubeI'm going to read you the mission statement for this initiative.
- I'm going to read you the mission statement for this initiative.
- I want you to to follow our mission statement and to redeem yourself in some way.
- Because then your behavior stems from whatever mission statement you create.
- And your, your kind of mission statement, I think is let's find common ground.
- You can have a mission statement for how you want to be as a parent.
- And you know that all, almost all companies have very clear mission statements.
- Second, write your own personal mission statement.
- What they do is pay lip service to the vagaries of a of a pretentious mission statement, which simply reeks of hypocrisy.
- You know, a lot of companies have vision statements or mission statements, and they usually sound similar and they're not helpful.
- So that's quickly what it became and it it, and so the, the mission statement now of the podcast is kind of like to debate whatever's going on.
- And our goal and our mission statement is to inspire change and we want to make sure that it is readily available and free to consume our content at all times.
- That's a big mission statement for the company, which stands for Know Your Customer.
Examples
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Part of our mission statement is to share our expertise with the broader community.
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That's probably the mission statement for your business.
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Just look at our mission statement on page three.
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But we need some sort of, like, mission statement or something.
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As with the previous search, the mission statement was included in the analysis.
Academic text (2008) -
The Centre's mission statement clearly says... that our fellow man is our highest priority.
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I'm going to read you the mission statement for this initiative.
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The team begins the work of creating the program's mission statement and developing the program goals and objectives.
Academic text (2013) -
The organization's mission statement articulated on their website is as follows:
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We began by developing a mission statement for each curriculum area that any non-specialist could easily understand.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A public statement of a person or group's plans and beliefs
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A sentence that says what a person or group thinks is important
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'mission' (an organization's purpose or task) plus 'statement' (a formal expression), together denoting a formal declaration of an organization's aims and values. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically recognizable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Mission statement joins mission (a clear task or purpose) and statement (a written sentence). Imagine a company team about to start an important task and writing one simple sentence that says their 'purpose' and 'aims', so today the phrase means a short written summary of a company or group's goals and values.