error
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈɛrər/
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error
- I have learned the error of my ways.
- a serious error
- an error in judgment
- commit an error
So don't reprove for error those who've made a choice.
- So don't reprove for error those who've made a choice.
- But then I found the error in my ways.
- Now, how would she get her error out of her heart?
- No one's error effects himself alone.
- I I think porn is a a terrible error.
- Beware when politicians and clergymen start talking about error.
- OK, so then the second assumption was about the error of behavior.
Examples
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But then I found the error in my ways.
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Ladies, kindly pardon my error.
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I realise the error of these actions.
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Perhaps it was an error of judgment on our part.
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I made an error in judgment.
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Yeah, but Shelly made them see the error of their ways.
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You've made a big error in judgment.
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Lara, I am determined to save you from a dreadful error.
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Educators must resist the societal error of stereotyping a person by a sexual orientation label.
Academic text (2008) -
After reflecting on my past decisions, I finally understood the error of my choices.
Synonyms
117
3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
23
6.2
A wrong action that hurts someone or breaks a rule
A mistake in the way something is done that causes a problem
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
2
4.1
Solving a problem by trying different ways and learning from mistakes until you succeed
- Specialized
2
4.3
A small mistake in a calculation when you shorten numbers to fewer decimal places
- Specialized
1
4.2
A mistake in computer code that breaks the language rules before the program runs
- Specialized
A problem when a computer cannot open or save files on a disk because the disk is damaged
- Specialized
A way of adding extra information to data so small errors can be found and fixed
- Specialized
A health problem passed from parents that makes the body unable to use food properly
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Specialized
An unexpected problem that happens while a program runs because of wrong input or actions
- Archaic
A person or side who asks a higher court to change a lower court's decision
- Specialized
An error in a program's logic that makes it give wrong results even when the code runs without errors
- Specialized
A mistake that happens when a calculation is stopped early and numbers or parts are left out
- Archaic
An official order from a higher court asking a lower court to send trial papers to be checked for mistakes
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Error comes from the Latin errare, meaning 'to wander' or 'to stray', and you can see the same root in the verb err ('to make a mistake'). So an error can mean a moral wrong because it is like 'straying' from the right path.