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errand

[ er-uhnd ]

noun

  1. a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.

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  2. the purpose of such a trip:

    He finished his errands.

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  3. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.


errand

/ ˈɛ°ùÉ™²Ô»å /

noun

  1. a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission (esp in the phrase run errands )
  2. the purpose or object of such a trip
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of errand1

First recorded before 900; Middle English erande, Old English æ°ù±ð²Ô»å±ð; cognate with Old High German Äå°ù³Ü²Ô³ÙÄ«; compare Old English Äå°ù “m±ð²õ²õ±ð²Ô²µ±ð°ù,†Gothic airus; not related to err ( def ), errant ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of errand1

Old English Ç£°ù±ð²Ô»å±ð; related to Äå°ù messenger, Old Norse erendi message, Old High German Äå°ùunti, Swedish ä°ù±ð²Ô»å±ð
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Idioms and Phrases

see fool's errand ; run an errand .
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Example Sentences

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Maybe it’s a fool’s errand to look for logic in a film about unicorns, but an effective satire demands a realistic, recognizable framework.

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Vance sneaks in a reference to "Severance" as he contemplates the absurdity of running errands for the erratic president.

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But the soundtrack is also its own evocative work of intoxicating techno-brood, one that could be piped from your car speakers to readily turn any routine neighborhood errand into a suddenly ominous excursion.

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Days before her death, Arakawa was seen on surveillance video running errands around Santa Fe.

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“If we care about crime and want to enhance public safety, targeting immigration as the solution to the crime problem is a fool’s errand,†she said.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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