errand

Significat (English)

Noun

1. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
2. A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
3. The purpose of such a journey.
4. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

Verb

1. To send someone on an errand.
2. To go on an errand.

Synonyms

mission

message

commission

business

task

job

order

messenger

charge

chore

affair

duty

activity

mandate

matter

use

work

head

instruction

issue

item

lesson

missions

news

📰

notice

object

occupation

percentage

place

postage

proceeds

prosecution

send

shipment

shipping

situation

step

subcommittee

tamer

tasks

thing

trainer

trust

usage

warning

⚠️

familiar spirit

one’s business

going as envoy

things to do

communication

mish

appointment

arraignment

assignment

authorization

bearer

bill of indictment

case

cause

chores

command

concern

consignment

decree

delegation

entrustment

forecast

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛɹənd/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: erande

Inherited from anglès antic: ǣrende

In summary

From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).