The meaning of ERRAND is a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another. How to use errand in a sentence.

An errand is a task of no great consequence, typically concerning household or business affairs, which requires the person undertaking it to travel to a place where it can be accomplished.

ERRAND definition: 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. See examples of errand used in a sentence.

ERRAND definition: 1. a task that involves going somewhere either to take a message or to take or collect something…. Learn more.

1. a short journey made in order to get something or do something especially for someone else.

An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them. She went off on some errand. She had a more urgent errand.

a job that you do for somebody that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy something, deliver goods, etc. He often runs errands for his grandmother. Her boss sent her on an errand into …

Oct 1, 2025 · errand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded) (transitive) To send someone on an errand.

We were there on an errand of mercy to help provide medical care for the refugees. I have to run some errands for my mom this afternoon. She had a bunch of errands to do before dinner. A fool's errand …

(Definition of errand from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)