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error
- /ˈɛɹə(ɹ)/ US, UK
- /ˈɛəɹəɹ/
- /ɛəɹ/
Sounds like era, air, e'er, ere, heir, err · Rhymes with -ɛɹə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition). Displaced native Old English dwild (“error”).
noun errors · errour
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The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
"Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner?[…]"
Similar: wrength, wrong, wrongness, wrongfulness
- A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately. There was a large error in the accounts.
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Sin; transgression.
I've finally seen the error of my ways.
Similar: delinquency, misdoing, wrong, crime, delict, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, peccadillo, sin
- A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
- An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
Similar: aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misadventure, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip
verb errors · erroring · errored · errour
- To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message. The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.
- To show or contain an error or fault. The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.
- To err. Pixels which are mathematically outside of a triangle, but which are included for anti-aliasing purposes can be generated with colour and depth information outside of the valid range. The ADE should identify these cases and clamp the output to the minimum or maximum value depending on the direction
Similar: err
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: erroneousness, mistake, wrongdoing, misplay, fault, erroneous belief, erroneous, inaccurate, misapprehension, misjudgement, erroneously, incorrect, incorrectly, misstatement, misunderstanding, mispronunciation
noun
Similar: aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misadventure, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip
verb
Similar: err
Translations
Every language
noun mistake — see also mistake
| Español | error, yerro, trabacuenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실수 silsu, 에러 ereo, 오류 oryu |
| 日本語 | 誤り ayamari, 間違い machigai, エラー erā |
| 中文 | 錯誤 /错误 cuòwù, 失誤 /失误 shīwù |
| हिन्दी | त्रुटि truṭi, ग़लती ġaltī, भूल bhūl |
| Kiswahili | kasoro |
| Português | erro |
| Français | erreur |
| Deutsch | Fehler |
| Italiano | errore, sbaglio |
| Ελληνικά | λάθος láthos, σφάλμα sfálma |
| Română | eroare |
| Русский | оши́бка ošíbka |
| Tiếng Việt | lỗi |
| العربية | خَطَأ ḵaṭaʔ, غَلْطَة ḡalṭa, غَلَط ḡalaṭ |
| עברית | טָעוּת ta'út, שְׁגִיאָה shgi'á |
noun statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one
| Español | error |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오차 ocha |
| 日本語 | 誤差 gosa |
| 中文 | 誤差 /误差 wùchā |
| Português | erro |
| Français | erreur |
| Deutsch | Fehler |
| Italiano | errore |
| Ελληνικά | σφάλμα sfálma |
| Русский | погре́шность pogréšnostʹ, отклоне́ние otklonénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sai số |
| עברית | שְׁגִיאָה shgi'á |
noun baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly
| 한국어 | 실책 silchaek, 에러 ereo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 失策 shissaku, エラー erā |
| Italiano | errore |
noun appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial
| 中文 | 誤審 /误审 wù-shěn |
|---|---|
| Français | vice |
| Deutsch | Irrtum |
| Italiano | vizio |
noun any alteration in the DNA chemical structure
| Español | error |
|---|---|
| Português | erro |
| Français | erreur |
| Italiano | errore |
verb To show an error
| Português | dar erro |
|---|---|
| Français | être en erreur |
| Deutsch | aussteigen, abbrechen |
| Italiano | mostrare un errore, mostrare errori |
verb to cause or contain an error
| Français | planter, foirer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | fehlschlagen, misslingen |
| Italiano | causare un errore, contenere un errore, causare errori, contenere errori |
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