Meaning & Definition of Error in English
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Error
/ɛrər/
noun
1. 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"
synonym:
- mistake,
- error,
- fault
2. Inadvertent incorrectness
synonym:
- erroneousness,
- error
3. A misconception resulting from incorrect information
synonym:
- error,
- erroneous belief
4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
synonym:
- error,
- misplay
5. Departure from what is ethically acceptable
synonym:
- error,
- wrongdoing
6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
synonym:
- error,
- computer error
7. Part of a statement that is not correct
- "The book was full of errors"
synonym:
- error,
- mistake
Examples of using
This is an error.
The addition is correct, but there is an error in your subtraction.
There's an apostrophe missing. "It's and "its" are different." -- I know. It was a typing error.