errand.
A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
Meaning & usage
A journey undertaken to accomplish some task. A mission or quest.
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.)
The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.
I'm going to town on some errands.
The purpose of such a journey.
An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).
To send someone on an errand.
All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
To go on an errand.
She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.