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error
[ er-er ]
noun
- a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech:
His speech contained several factual errors.
Synonyms: , ,
- belief in something untrue; the holding of mistaken opinions.
- the condition of believing what is not true:
in error about the date.
- a moral offense; wrongdoing; sin.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Baseball. a misplay that enables a base runner to reach base safely or advance a base, or a batter to have a turn at bat prolonged, as the dropping of a ball batted in the air, the fumbling of a batted or thrown ball, or the throwing of a wild ball, but not including a passed ball or wild pitch.
- Mathematics. the difference between the observed or approximately determined value and the true value of a quantity.
- Law.
- a mistake in a matter of fact or law in a case tried in a court of record.
- Philately. a stamp distinguished by an error or errors in design, engraving, selection of inks, or setting up of the printing apparatus. Compare freak 1( def 5 ), variety ( def 7 ).
error
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- a mistake or inaccuracy, as in action or speech
a typing error
- an incorrect belief or wrong judgment
- the condition of deviating from accuracy or correctness, as in belief, action, or speech
he was in error about the train times
- deviation from a moral standard; wrongdoing
he saw the error of his ways
- maths statistics a measure of the difference between some quantity and an approximation to or estimate of it, often expressed as a percentage
an error of 5%
- statistics See type I error type II error
Derived Forms
- ˌǰ-ˈڰ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ۴ǰ· adjective
- ۴ǰ··ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of error1
Idioms and Phrases
see comedy of errors ; trial and error .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She made a full admission to the fraudulent claim and said she had made a "massive error of judgement".
The randomness of the administration’s action, and its apparent error, is maddening enough.
An outage caused by a faulty software or server update, or even user error, can often be resolved in a matter of hours.
And he seems more prone to small errors that can have an impact in a title campaign.
It concludes that the "quality of information" about such deaths "continues to suffer from gaps, inconsistencies and errors," and calls for improvements.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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