errand

er·rand  (rnd)

n.

1.

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

b. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.

2. Archaic

a. A mission; an embassy.

b. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.

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[Middle English erand, from Old English rend.]

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errand

Noun

1. a short trip to get or do something for someone

2. run an errand to make such a trip [Old English ǣrende]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

errand - a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

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errand

noun job, charge, commission, message, task, mission

Translations

errand [ˈɛrnd] n → recado, mandado;

to run errands → hacer recados;

errand of mercy → misión f de caridad

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errand [ˈɛrnd] n → course f, commission f;

to run errands → faire des courses;

errand of mercy → mission f de charité, acte m charitable

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errand [ˈɛrənd] n → Besorgung f;

(to give a message etc) → Botengang m;

to run errands → Besorgungen/Botengänge machen;

errand of mercy → Rettungsaktion f

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errand [ˈɛrənd] n → commissione f (also: to run errands) → fare commissioni;

errand of mercy → atto di carità

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errand

n errand [ˈerənd]

1 a short journey made in order to get something or do something especially for someone else He has sent the child on an errand; The child will run errands for you. boodskap uitdra مُهِمَّه، خِدْمَه، عَمَل خفيف поръчка pochůzka, posílka ærinde Besorgungen machen θέλημα recado ametikäik ماموریت؛ پادویی tehtävä, asia commission שְׁלִיחוּת दूत कार्य obaviti sitan zadatak megbízás tugas sebagai pesuruh erindi; sendiferð commissione 使い走り 심부름 pavedimas, pasiuntimas būt par izsūtāmo tugas sebagai pesuruh boodschap ærend drobna sprawa do załatwienia recado comision поручение vybavenie (niečoho) opravek porudžbina ärende งานที่ใช้ให้ทำ bir iş için bir yere gitme 差使 доручення تھوڑی دور کا پھیرا خصوصا کسی اور کا پیغام لے جانے کے لیے việc lặt vặt 差使

2 the purpose of such a journey She accomplished her errand. opdrag مُهِمَّه поръчка záležitost, vyřizování ærinde der Botengang αποστολή recado, misión; mandado ülesanne ماموریت؛ پیام رسانی tehtävä, asia commission שְׁלִיחוּת गुमराह obaviti nešto, ostvariti cilj küldetés tugas erindi incarico 用向き 용무 reikalas uzdevums tugas boodschap ærend misja missão comision задание vybavovanie opravek nalog ärende เป้าหมายของการเดินทาง ayak işi, getir götür işi 差事 завдання ایسے پھیرے کا مقصد mục đích 差事