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11Errand of Mercy — NOTOC Infobox Star Trek episode name = Errand of Mercy Kor and Kirk, at the mercy of the Organians series = TOS ep num = 26 prod num = 027 remas. num = 30 date = March 23 1967 writer = Gene L. Coon director = John Newland guest = John Colicos… …
12errand — [[t]e̱rənd[/t]] errands 1) N COUNT 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. 2) PHRASE: V… …
13errand — noun (C) 1 a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or getting something for them: I have a couple of errands for you. | send sb on an errand: His mother sent him on an errand. | run an errand: Uncle Pio has… …
14errand — UK [ˈerənd] / US noun [countable] Word forms errand : singular errand plural errands a small job that involves going to collect or deliver something I m about to send Tom out on an errand. run an errand (= do an errand): She s out running errands …
15errand — er|rand [ˈerənd] n [: Old English; Origin: Arend] a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them ▪ I seemed to spend my life running errands for people. ▪ She was always sending me on …
16errand — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small ▪ simple ▪ daily (esp. AmE) ▪ last minute VERB + ERRAND ▪ …
17errand — er|rand [ erənd ] noun count a small job that involves going to collect or deliver something: I m about to send Tom out on an errand. run an errand (=do an errand): She s out running errands for her mother …
18errand — [OE] Despite the passing similarity, errand has no etymological connection with err and error. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *ǣrundjam, which meant ‘message’ – a sense which in fact survived in English until as recently as the 18th century …
19errand — [OE] Despite the passing similarity, errand has no etymological connection with err and error. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *ǣrundjam, which meant ‘message’ – a sense which in fact survived in English until as recently as the 18th century …
20errand boy — noun a boy who earns money by running errands • Syn: ↑messenger boy • Hypernyms: ↑messenger, ↑courier • Hyponyms: ↑page, ↑pageboy * * * noun, pl ⋯ boys [count] …
