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er·ror
(ĕr′ər)n.
1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.
4. A mistake.
5. Mathematics The difference between a computed or measured value and a true or theoretically correct value.
6. Abbr. E Baseball A defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner.
[Middle English errour, from Old French, from Latin error, from errāre, to err; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
er′ror·less adj.
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error
(ˈɛrə)n
1. a mistake or inaccuracy, as in action or speech: a typing error.
2. an incorrect belief or wrong judgment
3. the condition of deviating from accuracy or correctness, as in belief, action, or speech: he was in error about the train times.
4. deviation from a moral standard; wrongdoing: he saw the error of his ways.
5. (Statistics) 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%.
6. (Statistics) statistics See type I error, type II error
[C13: from Latin, from errāre to err]
ˌerror-ˈfree adj
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er•ror
(ˈɛr ər)n.
1. a deviation from accuracy or correctness; mistake.
2. the holding of mistaken opinions.
3. the condition of believing what is not true: I was in error about the date.
4. a moral offense.
5. a baseball misplay allowing a batter to reach base or a runner to advance.
6. the difference between the observed or approximately determined value and the true value of a quantity in mathematics or statistics.
7. Law. a mistake in a matter of fact or law in a case tried in a court of record.
8. a postage stamp distinguished by an imperfection, as in design.
[1250–1300; Middle English errour < Latin error <err(āre) to wander, err]
er′ror•less, adj.
er′ror•less•ly, adv.
syn: See mistake.
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error
An error is a mistake.
The doctor committed an appalling error of judgement.
...errors in grammar.
You can say that something is done in error. This is a fairly formal use.
They had arrested him in error.
Another village had been wiped out in error.
In conversation, you usually say that something is done by mistake.
I opened the door into the library by mistake.
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| Noun | 1. |  error - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal blot, smirch, smear, stain, spot - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" mix-up, confusion - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" incursion - the mistake of incurring liability or blame distortion - the mistake of misrepresenting the facts parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. offside - (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) |
| 2. | error - inadvertent incorrectness incorrectness, wrongness - the quality of not conforming to fact or truth deviation - the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances | |
| 3. | error - a misconception resulting from incorrect information misconception - an incorrect conception | |
| 4. |  error - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficedfailure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | |
| 5. | error - departure from what is ethically acceptable | |
| 6. |  error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computercomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures hardware error - error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer programming error, software error - error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result algorithm error - error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result | |
| 7. | error - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake corrigendum - a printer's error; to be corrected erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error - a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
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error
noun mistake, slip, fault, blunder, flaw, boob (Brit. slang), delusion, oversight, misconception, fallacy, inaccuracy, howler (informal), bloomer (Brit. informal), boner (slang), miscalculation, misapprehension, solecism, erratum NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations.
in error accidentally, casually, unexpectedly, incidentally, by accident, by chance, inadvertently, unwittingly, randomly, unconsciously, by mistake, unintentionally, haphazardly, fortuitously, undesignedly The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
Quotations
"Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense" [Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Reflections upon Exile]
"Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense" [Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Reflections upon Exile]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
error
noun1. An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true:
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Translations
chyba
fejlafvigelse
viga
virheerehdys
greška
hibatévedés
mistökskekkjaVillavilla, skekkja
間違い
오류
klaidasuklydimas
kļūdakļūdas dēļkļūdīšanās
błądbłąd pomiaru
napaka
fel
ข้อผิดพลาด
lỗi
error
[ˈerəʳ]A. N → error m, equivocación f
errors and omissions excepted → salvo error u omisión
by error → por error, por equivocación
to be in error → estar equivocado
human error → error m humano
spelling error → falta f de ortografía
typing error → error m de mecanografía
to see the error of one's ways → reconocer su error
errors and omissions excepted → salvo error u omisión
by error → por error, por equivocación
to be in error → estar equivocado
human error → error m humano
spelling error → falta f de ortografía
typing error → error m de mecanografía
to see the error of one's ways → reconocer su error
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
error
[ˈɛrər] n → erreur fto make an error → faire une erreur, commettre une erreur
to see the error of one's ways → revenir de ses erreurs
in error → par erreur, par méprise
errors and omissions excepted → sauf erreur ou omission typing error, spelling error, mathematical error, error of judgementerror message n → message m d'erreurerror of judgement n → erreur f de jugement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
error
n
(= mistake) → Fehler m; error in calculation → Rechenfehler m; compass error → (magnetische) Abweichung; errors and omissions excepted (Comm) → Irrtum vorbehalten; a pilot error → ein Fehler m → des Piloten; the error rate → die Fehlerquote, die Fehlerrate; error in fact (Jur) → Tatsachenirrtum m; error in form (Jur) → Formfehler m; error in law (Jur) → Rechtsirrtum m ? margin
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
error
[ˈɛrəʳ] n → errore mtyping/spelling error → errore di battitura/di ortografia
in error → per errore
to see the error of one's ways → riconoscere i propri errori
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
error
(ˈerə)1. noun a mistake. His written work is full of errors.
2. the state of being mistaken. I did it in error.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
error
→ غَلْطَة chyba fejl Fehler σφάλμα error virhe erreur greška errore 間違い 오류 fout feil błąd erro ошибка fel ข้อผิดพลาด yanlış lỗi 错误Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
er·ror
n. error, falta, equivocación.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
error
n error m; inborn — of metabolism error innato or congénito del metabolismo; laboratory — error de laboratorio; medication — error de medicación; refractive — error refractivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.