Multimission

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. A strategy that encompasses the ability to perform various tasks or objectives together at once
2. A method that facilitates the simultaneous management of multiple missions or endeavors
3. Able to support or execute several different tasks or objectives at the same time

Etymology: "Multimission" is a plain compound: the prefix "multi-", from Latin "multus" meaning "many" or "much", attached to "mission". The second element carries its own history. "Mission" comes from Latin "missio", a sending forth, from "mittere", "to send", so a mission was originally the act of dispatching someone to accomplish a purpose before it came to mean the task itself. The adjective pairs that older sense of a dispatched task with the idea of plurality. Here "multi-" is doing the familiar job it does in words like "multipurpose" or "multilateral": it tells you the vehicle, system, or plan is built to carry out several of those assigned tasks at once rather than one. Its meaning is therefore a direct sum of its parts, with no surprising shift along the way.

Synonyms: multi-purpose, versatile, multi-functional, multi-role, multi-tasking