Errand

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
  • noun. The purpose or object of such a trip.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A mission; an embassy.
  • noun. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An obsolete variant of arrant.
  • noun. A special business intrusted to a messenger; a verbal charge or message; a mandate or order; something to be told or done: as, the servant was sent on an errand; he told his errand; he has done the errand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
  • noun. Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally. An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes.
  • noun. A mission.
  • noun. To perform an errand{2}.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
  • noun. The purpose of such trip.
  • noun. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
  • verb. To send someone on an errand.
  • verb. To go on an errand.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
  • Word Usage
    "~To this my errand~, etc., _i. e._ in comparison with this errand of mine and the anxiety it involved."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    trip  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chore  deed  doings  expedition  labors  
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    variant
    mission