"mission statement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mission statements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mission statement (plural mission statements)
  1. (management) A formal declaration of the overall goal or purpose of an organization. Wikipedia link: Mission Statement Categories (topical): Management Related terms: vision statement, objects clause Translations (declaration of the purpose of an organization): 使命宣言 (shǐmìng xuānyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 宗旨 (zōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tavoitelausuma (Finnish), missiolause (Finnish), Leitbild [neuter] (German), Selbstverständnis [neuter] (German), küldetésnyilatkozat (Hungarian), kaupapa mātāmua (Maori), formålsparagraf (Norwegian), declaração de missão [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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