Errand
['er(ə)nd] or ['ɛrənd]
Definition
(noun.) a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
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Definition
(n.) 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; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Message, mandate, mission, commission.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Message, commission, mission, delegation, charge
ANT:Misdelivery, misannouncement
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Definition
n. a message: a commission to say or do something.—A fool's errand a useless undertaking; Go an errand to go with messages; Make an errand to invent a reason for going.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To go on errands in your dreams, means congenial associations and mutual agreement in the home circle. For a young woman to send some person on an errand, denotes she will lose her lover by her indifference to meet his wishes.
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Examples
- You know my errand now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Sorry to bring you out on such a fool's errand, Watson, he said at last. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Though to bless and restore his mother, not his father, was the errand of this baby, its power was mighty to do it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now, I've another errand for you, said my untiring master; you must away to my room again. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On the third day, the prince's servant was again despatched on the same errand, and he was at last successful. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Everybody knew your errand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Do you think, if I were not sure of Helena's answer, I would send you on a fruitless errand? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Instead of fluttering, it had composed me, to hear of the errand on which he had gone out. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If you had looked at it, sir, you would have seen at a glance what the errand is on which I have come to you this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her errand at Limmeridge House, however, was simple enough. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I noted him, and the energy with which he walked but he passed from my mind again as I hurried on upon my errand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I merely wanted to observe, my Lord,' said the chemist, taking his seat with great deliberation, 'that I've left nobody but an errand-boy in my shop. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I traveled with awful velocity for my errand was a race against time with death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The waiter was despatched on both errands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One of the errands, my dear, which brings me here is to bid you good-bye, I began. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now the bell had been ringing all the morning, as workmen, or servantsor _coiffeurs_, or _tailleuses_, went and came on their several errands. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Goes on errands fast asleep, and snores as he waits at table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On both of which errands, quick messengers depart. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You shall trudge away, and do your errands in the rain, and if you catch your death and ruin your bonnet, it's no more than you deserve. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They promised implicit obedience, and departed with alacrity on their different errands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I've always despised _it_, and myself for it,--so now, Tom, wipe up your eyes, and go about your errands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Bear gently, Ocean’s carrier dove, Thy errands to and fro! Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He had business at the Crown about his hay, and a great many errands for Mrs. Weston at Ford's, but he need not hurry any body else. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I told Mother I'd do the errands, and I haven't, said Jo decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I will not have their time taken up with our errands. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- After leaving the bank, Mr. Luker had visited various parts of London on business errands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The firm always sent Dallas on such errands. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Here's the place for my errands. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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