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
- The error was sensible.
- She struggled with errors.
- The discrepancy indicates the error.
- The error in the citation is busted.
- That indicates the gravity of the error.
- Or is the definition of overpopulation in error
- Error is error if you attend a licit or illicit Mass.
- The error led the government to instruct in a wrong way.
- The postcode error is just carelessness as I filled in the wrong one first.
- The BBC got it wrong and the Wikipedia does not need to propagate the error.
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