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erranding

erranding is the present participle and gerund of errand.

Meaning of errand

Verb

errand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded)

  1. (transitive) To send someone on an errand.
    • All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
  2. (intransitive) To go on an errand.
    • She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.

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Questions about erranding

What is erranding the present participle and gerund of?
Erranding is the present participle and gerund of errand.

Words near erranding in the dictionary

  1. errand ghost
  2. errand ghosts
  3. errand-ghost
  4. errand-ghosts
  5. erranded
  6. erranding
  7. errands
  8. errandy
  9. errant
  10. errantivirus
  11. errantiviruses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erranding (page history and authors); errand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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