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"word": "errand boy"
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"word": "errand-ghost"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "errand ghost"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "errandy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "fool's errand"
},
{
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"word": "lost errand"
},
{
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"word": "make an errand"
},
{
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"word": "run an errand"
},
{
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"word": "sleeveless errand"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "erande"
},
"expansion": "Middle English erande",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "erende"
},
"expansion": "erende",
"name": "m"
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"3": "ǣrende"
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"5": "message, errand"
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"name": "inh"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"ref": "1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring",
"text": "Few have ever come hither through greater peril or on an errand more urgent.\nIn this evil hour I have come on an errand over many dangerous leagues to Elrond: a hundred and ten days I have journeyed all alone.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.",
"A mission or quest."
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"A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.",
"(literary or archaic) A mission or quest."
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"text": "The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I'm going to town on some errands.",
"type": "example"
}
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"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.)"
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"The purpose of such a journey."
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{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yomoş",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "йомош"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encàrrec"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "任務"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rènwu",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "任务"
},
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"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ærinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "asia"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "tehtävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Besorgung"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thélima",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "θέλημα"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "mikrodouleiá",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μικροδουλειά"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "elintéznivaló"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "intéznivaló"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "dolog"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "feladat"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "ügy"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "incarico"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tapsyrma",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "тапсырма"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sprawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručénije",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поруче́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadánije",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зада́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "recado"
},
{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ärende"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 10 77 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "edinme"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "purpose of a small trip",
"word": "tedarik"
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"ref": "1633, John Donne, Elegy VII",
"text": "I had not taught thee then the alphabet\nOf flowers, how they, devicefully being set\nAnd bound up, might with speechless secrecy\nDeliver errands mutely and mutually.",
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"An oral message trusted to a person for delivery."
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"_dis1": "8 6 2 83",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "oral message",
"word": "viesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 6 2 83",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "oral message",
"word": "sana"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
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"word": "commission"
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "derek",
"sense": "oral message",
"word": "дерек"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "recado"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslánije",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посла́ние"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobščénije",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сообще́ние"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véstočka",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́сточка"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vestʹ",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "весть"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "oral message",
"word": "recado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "budskap"
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{
"_dis1": "8 6 2 83",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "oral message",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meddelande"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈɛɹənd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹənd"
},
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"word": "arrand"
}
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mišwār",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "مشور"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yomoş",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "йомош"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diligència"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encàrrec"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐmìng",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "使命"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "任務"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rènwu",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "任务"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chāishǐ",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "差使"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "ærinde"
},
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"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boodschap"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "juttu"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "juokseva asia"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "tehtävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "course"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mandado"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "encarga"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "recado"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "encomenda"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Besorgung"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Auftrag"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "út"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "megbízatás"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "megbízás"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "küldetés"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teachtaireacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
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"word": "commissione"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambasciata"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incombenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"alt": "おつかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "o-tsukai",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "お使い"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"alt": "しめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimei",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "使命"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "jje",
"lang": "Jeju",
"roman": "bureumssi",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "부름씨"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ıs sapar",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "іс сапар"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "simbureum",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "심부름"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encargo"
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{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručénije",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "поруче́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "such as business trip",
"roman": "komandiróvka",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "командиро́вка"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "task",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadánije",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зада́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "recado"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "ärende"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "edinme"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"word": "tedarik"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 46 5 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "neges"
}
],
"word": "errand"
}
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"3": "erande"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "enm",
"2": "erende"
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"name": "m"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "ǣrende"
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"expansion": "Old English ǣrende",
"name": "inh"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"4": "",
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"expansion": "errand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To send someone on an errand."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To send someone on an errand."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go on an errand."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To go on an errand."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛɹənd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹənd"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-errand.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/En-us-errand.ogg/En-us-errand.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/En-us-errand.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ěr'-ənd"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "arrand"
}
],
"word": "errand"
}
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