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Plural of errand

regular plural

The plural of errand is errands.

Forms of errand

Singularerrand /ˈɛɹənd/
Pluralerrands
Countablecountable

Errands in a sentence

  • The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.
  • I'm going to town on some errands.
  • Wow! Laundry, dishes, and errands, all in one day? You've been a busy beaver.From the entry busy beaver
  • She sometimes runs errands for me if I'm not well enough to go out.From the entry run an errand
  • Running errands all day really knocked him out.From the entry knock out

Meaning of errand

  1. noun A mission or quest.
  2. noun A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.).
  3. noun The purpose of such a journey.

Full definition of errand

Questions about the plural of errand

What is the plural of errand?
The plural of errand is errands.
Is errand countable?
Errand is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: errand (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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