"errand" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɹənd/ Audio: En-us-errand.ogg Forms: errands [plural]
enPR: ěr'-ənd Rhymes: -ɛɹənd Etymology: From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|erande}} Middle English erande, {{inh|en|ang|ǣrende}} Old English ǣrende, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ārundī||message, errand}} Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} errand (plural errands)
  1. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
    (literary or archaic) A mission or quest.
    Tags: archaic, literary
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  2. 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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  3. The purpose of such a journey. Translations (purpose of a small trip): йомош (yomoş) (Bashkir), encàrrec [masculine] (Catalan), 任務 /任务 (rènwu) (Chinese Mandarin), ærinde [neuter] (Danish), asia (Finnish), tehtävä (Finnish), Besorgung [feminine] (German), θέλημα (thélima) [neuter] (Greek), μικροδουλειά (mikrodouleiá) [feminine] (Greek), elintéznivaló (Hungarian), intéznivaló (Hungarian), dolog (Hungarian), feladat (Hungarian), ügy (Hungarian), incarico [masculine] (Italian), тапсырма (tapsyrma) (Kazakh), sprawa [feminine] (Polish), поруче́ние (poručénije) [neuter] (Russian), зада́ние (zadánije) [neuter] (Russian), recado (Spanish), ärende [neuter] (Swedish), edinme (Turkish), tedarik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-errand-en-noun-q50WjOK9 Disambiguation of 'purpose of a small trip': 10 10 77 3
  4. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery. Translations (oral message): viesti (Finnish), sana (Finnish), commission [feminine] (French), дерек (derek) (Kazakh), recado [masculine] (Portuguese), посла́ние (poslánije) [neuter] (Russian), сообще́ние (soobščénije) [neuter] (Russian), ве́сточка (véstočka) [feminine] (Russian), весть (vestʹ) [feminine] (Russian), recado (Spanish), budskap [neuter] (Swedish), meddelande [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arrand Derived forms: errand boy, errand-ghost, errand ghost, errandy, fool's errand, idiot's errand, lost errand, make an errand, run an errand, sleeveless errand Translations (trip to accomplish a small task): مشور (mišwār) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), йомош (yomoş) (Bashkir), diligència [feminine] (Catalan), encàrrec [masculine] (Catalan), 使命 (shǐmìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 任務 /任务 (rènwu) (Chinese Mandarin), 差使 (chāishǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ærinde [neuter] (Danish), boodschap [feminine] (Dutch), juttu (Finnish), juokseva asia (Finnish), tehtävä (Finnish), course [feminine] (French), mandado [masculine] (Galician), encarga [feminine] (Galician), recado [masculine] (Galician), encomenda [feminine] (Galician), Besorgung [feminine] (German), Auftrag [masculine] (German), út (Hungarian), megbízatás (Hungarian), megbízás (Hungarian), küldetés (Hungarian), teachtaireacht [feminine] (Irish), commissione [feminine] (Italian), ambasciata [feminine] (Italian), incombenza [feminine] (Italian), お使い (o-tsukai) (alt: おつかい) (Japanese), 使命 (shimei) (alt: しめい) (Japanese), 부름씨 (bureumssi) (Jeju), іс сапар (ıs sapar) (Kazakh), 심부름 (simbureum) (Korean), encargo [masculine] (Portuguese), поруче́ние (poručénije) [neuter] (Russian), командиро́вка (komandiróvka) (note: such as business trip) [feminine] (Russian), зада́ние (zadánije) (english: task) [neuter] (Russian), recado (Spanish), ärende (Swedish), edinme (Turkish), tedarik (Turkish), neges [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'trip to accomplish a small task': 47 47 5 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛɹənd/ Audio: En-us-errand.ogg Forms: errands [present, singular, third-person], erranding [participle, present], erranded [participle, past], erranded [past]
enPR: ěr'-ənd Rhymes: -ɛɹənd Etymology: From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|erande}} Middle English erande, {{inh|en|ang|ǣrende}} Old English ǣrende, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ārundī||message, errand}} Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} errand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded)
  1. (transitive) To send someone on an errand. Tags: transitive
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  2. (intransitive) To go on an errand. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arrand

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
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      "sense": "trip to accomplish a small task",
      "word": "juttu"
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      "word": "course"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incarico"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tapsyrma",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "word": "тапсырма"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sprawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručénije",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поруче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadánije",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зада́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "word": "recado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ärende"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "word": "edinme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "purpose of a small trip",
      "word": "tedarik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "word": "viesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "word": "sana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "commission"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "derek",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "word": "дерек"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslánije",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "посла́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soobščénije",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сообще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véstočka",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́сточка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vestʹ",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "весть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "word": "recado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "budskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "oral message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meddelande"
    }
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}

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        "(transitive) To send someone on an errand."
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    {
      "word": "arrand"
    }
  ],
  "word": "errand"
}

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