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error

/ˈɛɹəɹ/noun2 syllables

Error means: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.

Synonyms for error22

noun, as in a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

mistake, fault

noun, as in inadvertent incorrectness

erroneousness

noun, as in a misconception resulting from incorrect information

erroneous belief

noun, as in (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

misplay

noun, as in departure from what is ethically acceptable

wrongdoing

noun, as in (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

computer error

noun, as in part of a statement that is not correct

mistake

also used for error

wrength, wrong, wrongness, wrongfulness, blunder, flub, gaffe, stumble, delinquency, misdoing, crime, delict, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor

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What does error mean?7

noun

1

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention“he made a bad mistake”

2

inadvertent incorrectness

3

a misconception resulting from incorrect information

4

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

5

departure from what is ethically acceptable

6

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

7

part of a statement that is not correct“the book was full of errors”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with error?5

two syllables

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Error in a sentence

  • Had it not been for this error, our team could have won the match.catcher
  • A man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.carlosalberto
  • In this job, one error would send you straight to jail.Amastan
  • I think it's just a typo, rather than a grammatical error.patgfisher
  • In tennis, you'd call this an unforced error.BraveSentry
  • Your fasting, your not eating, that has been your great error.nadsat
  • To err is human, but to persist in error is diabolical.CarpeLanam
  • It's not an error, but just a little imprecision.kaiperkins271

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of error

as a noun

plural
errors