Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To send someone on an errand.

    All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.

  2. (intransitive)To go on an errand.

    She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.

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

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  2. Tom often runs errands for Mary.

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  3. Tom had to run an errand.

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  4. Tom sent Mary on an errand.

    ruТом отправил Мэри с поручением. — sharptoothed

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  5. Tom is out on an errand.

    deTom ist etwas erledigen. — pullnosemans

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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

errands, erranding, erranded, erranded
Base formerrand · to errand
3rd person singularerrands
Present participleerranding
Past simpleerranded
Past participleerranded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyerrand
he, she, iterrands

Past simpleLesson

all personserranded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave erranded
he, she, ithas erranded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill errand

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
eroticerrerranterratic
errand — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto