errand
er‧rand /ˈerənd/ noun [countable]
▼ ادامه توضیحات دیکشنری؛ پس از بنر تبلیغاتی ▼
Synonyms & Related Wordserrand[noun]Synonyms: job, charge, commission, message, mission, task
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryer‧rand /ˈerənd/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: ærend]
a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them:
I seemed to spend my life running errands for people. She was always sending me on errands.on an errand I couldn’t stop because I was on an errand. He quickly set out on his errand of mercy (=journey to help someone in danger). ⇒
(send somebody on) a fool’s errand at
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[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationserrand noun ADJ. little, simple VERB + ERRAND do, go on, run She made her brother run some little errands for her.
send sb on My boss kept sending me out on errands. PREP. on an ~ She's gone on an errand for her mother. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲