error

IPA: ˈɛrɝ

noun

  • (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
  • (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
  • (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
  • (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
  • (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
  • (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
  • (appellate law, uncountable) 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.
  • (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.

verb

  • (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
  • (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.
  • (nonstandard) To err.
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Examples of "error" in Sentences

  • Some DV camcorders also have the +7.5 IRE black level error (aka washout error*) with pass-through.
  • But an error it most certainly was: and to that _error_, the _accident_ described in the last preceding paragraph _would have_ very materially conduced, and it may have very easily done so.
  • The error was clearly the real cause of the banishment; what precisely this _error_ was Ovid does not reveal, but it appears from _Tr_ II 103-4 and _Tr_ III v 49-50 to have been the witnessing of some action that was embarrassing to the imperial family.
  • The record of that court tells us that it _did_; and if we are to see whether there be any error on that record, and adopt the unanimous opinion of the judges, that those six counts, or the findings on them, are so bad that no judgment upon them would be good, how can we give judgment for the defendant, and thereby declare that there is _no error_ in the record?
  • And as for this, its simple math, as you guys said: toyota = automatic transmition+ "safety" guard to prevent it from going into neutral while the engine is under load+push-button start (on some models) with "safety" guard preventing one from merely pressing the button and shutting the engine off while in motion+ (engine kill switch * 0) +drive-by-wire accelerator+human error in programming+driver error+ sheer stupidity = death.

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