Meaning

4 senses
  1. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

    A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)

    The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.

    I'm going to town on some errands.

  2. The purpose of such a journey.

    Besorgung

    поруче́ниеporučénije, зада́ниеzadánije

  3. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

    посла́ниеposlánije, сообще́ниеsoobščénije, ве́сточкаvéstočka

  4. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.

    (archaic, literary)A mission or quest.

    Besorgung, Auftrag

    поруче́ниеporučénije, командиро́вкаkomandiróvka, зада́ниеzadánije

    побігашкаpobihaška

More definitions
  • a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

Examples

103 sentences
  1. She is out on an errand.

    Вона пішла у справах. — deniko

    ruОна ушла по делу. — Sweatled

    deSie macht einige Besorgungen. — Dokuyaku

  2. Tom often runs errands for Mary.

  3. Tom had to run an errand.

  4. Tom sent Mary on an errand.

    ruТом отправил Мэри с поручением. — sharptoothed

  5. Tom is out on an errand.

    deTom ist etwas erledigen. — pullnosemans

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
trip to accomplish a small task:
Русский
By meaning 2
trip to accomplish a small task:
oral message:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
trip to accomplish a small task:

Origin

From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *āru

From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).

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Forms

plural: errands
Singularerrand
Pluralerrands

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • an an errand
  • errands to run
  • an errand for
  • have some errands
  • some errands
  • runs errands

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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