EGAVE

errand

About 1.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
    The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.
  2. noun A mission or quest.
  3. noun A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (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.
  4. noun The purpose of such a journey.
  5. noun An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
  6. verb To send someone on an errand.
    All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
  7. verb To go on an errand.
    She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.

Similar words

shopping grocery travel commission fare mission quest pursuit running run

Often followed by

of to boy for was and in into boys

Word family

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