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    errand
    /ˈɛrənd/

    noun

    • 1. a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf: "she asked Tim to run an errand for her"

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  2. ERRAND definition: 1. a task that involves going somewhere either to take a message or to take or collect something…. Learn more.

  3. 1. a. : a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another. was on an errand for his mother. b. : the object or purpose of such a trip. 2. archaic. : an oral message entrusted to a person. b. : embassy, mission. Examples of errand in a Sentence. He was sent out on an urgent errand.

  4. Errand definition: a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.. See examples of ERRAND used in a sentence.

  5. Jun 16, 2024 · An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them.

  6. 1. a short trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy or deliver something or to convey a message, often for someone else. 2. the purpose of such a trip. 3. a special mission entrusted to a messenger; commission. [before 900; Middle English erande, Old English ærende; c. Old High German āruntī; compare Old English ār messenger, Gothic airus]

  7. noun. /ˈerənd/ a job that you do for somebody that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy something, deliver goods, etc. He often runs errands for his grandmother. Her boss sent her on an errand into town. see also fool’s errand. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.

  8. Errand Definition. A trip to carry a message or do a definite thing, often esp. for someone else. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another. The thing to be done on such a trip; purpose or object for which one goes or is sent. A mission; an embassy.

  9. An errand is a short trip to fulfill some small business. When you’re running errands, you’re making a bunch of these all at once. The noun errand can refer to the mission of the trip itself. If the lines are always long at the bank, then banking may be your least favorite errand.

  10. errand. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English er‧rand /ˈerənd/ noun [ countable] a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them I seemed to spend my life running errands for people.

  11. ERRAND definition: a short journey in order to buy or do something for someone: . Learn more.