Definition of errands Errands

/ɛˈɹʌndz/ - [erundz] -

We found 3 definitions of errands from 2 different sources.

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What does errands mean?

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  • errands (Noun)
    Plural of errand.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: errands

errand - a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • errand (Noun)
    A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business.
  • errand (Noun)
    The purpose of such trip.
  • errand (Noun)
    An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
  • errand (Verb)
    To send someone on an errand.
  • errand (Verb)
    To go on an errand.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • errand (n.)
    A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • errand
    A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • errand
    er′and, n. a message: a commission to say or do something.—A fool's errand, a useless undertaking; Go an errand, to go with messages; Make an errand, to invent a reason for going. [A.S. ǽrende; Ice. eyrindi; prob. conn. with Goth. áirus, Ice. árr, a messenger.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • errand
    Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing to him.

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