errand
A journey undertaken to accomplish some taskA 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.)
» She is out on an errand.
Sie macht einige Besorgungen.
Она ушла по делу.
Вона пішла у справах.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
The purpose of such a journey.
Besorgung
поруче́ниеporučénije, зада́ниеzadánije
An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
посла́ниеposlánije, сообще́ниеsoobščénije, ве́сточкаvéstočka
A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
(archaic, literary)A mission or quest.
Besorgung, Auftrag
поруче́ниеporučénije, командиро́вкаkomandiróvka, зада́ниеzadánije
побігашкаpobihaška
- a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
Examples
103 sentencesShe is out on an errand.
Вона пішла у справах. — deniko
ruОна ушла по делу. — Sweatled
deSie macht einige Besorgungen. — Dokuyaku
Tom often runs errands for Mary.
Tom had to run an errand.
Tom sent Mary on an errand.
ruТом отправил Мэри с поручением. — sharptoothed
Tom is out on an errand.
deTom ist etwas erledigen. — pullnosemans
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *āruFrom Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).
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Forms
plural: errandsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- an an errand
- errands to run
- an errand for
- have some errands
- some errands
- runs errands