Errand
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English
Noun
Errand (plural Errands)- A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (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.
- The purpose of such trip.
- I'm going to town on some errands.
- An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
Derived terms
Verb
Errand (third-person singular simple present Errands, present participle Erranding, simple past and past participle Erranded)
- (transitive) To send someone on an errand.
- All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
- (intransitive) To go on an errand.
- She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.
Adjectives for Errand
mysterious; arrogant; uncouth; discouraging; slightest; reluctant; urgent; mournful; stumbling; futile; various (pi); wondrous.
Verbs for Errand
accept—; administer—; bear—; commission for—; consent to—; discharge—; dispatch on—; execute—; fail in—; fake— (colloq); feign—; journey on—; send on—; speed on—.
Thesaurus
agency, agentship, assignment, authority, authorization, brevet, busywork, care, chare, charge, chore, commission, commissioning, commitment, consignment, cure, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, duty, embassy, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, executorship, exequatur, exercise, factorship, fish to fry, full power, homework, job, job of work, journey, jurisdiction, labor, legation, license, lieutenancy, make-work, mandate, matters in hand, mission, odd job, office, piece of work, plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act, procuration, project, proxy, purview, regency, regentship, responsibility, service, stint, task, things to do, trip, trust, trusteeship, vicarious authority, warrant, work
Etymology
Old English ǣrende
Pronunciation
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