erratum
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9.3
- noun
- /ɪˈrætəm/
- Specialized
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errata
- The publisher issued an erratum to correct the mistakes in the latest edition of the book.
Also, of course, there are errors in the textbook and so the errata for the textbook are online.
- Also, of course, there are errors in the textbook and so the errata for the textbook are online.
Examples
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In the journal, an erratum explained that the author's name was misspelled in the preceding issue.
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Thank you in advance for posting an "erratum."
Blog text (15) -
The one with the erratum on page 116.
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See "Erratum" on page 614 of this issue.
Academic text (2005) -
Alas, NAS has never sent out an erratum, not that I have found.
Blog text (19) -
A proper "erratum" would have contained, in my opinion, an acknowledgment of their mistake, a mention of my name, as well as a reprint of all of the pictures originally printed.
Blog text (4) -
What I saw in the Saturday edition of the newspaper (which I went to read at the local library) was a small "erratum" blurb, simply stating that an error had been made on such and such a date and that the name "Jean-Charles Renaud" should have been found under some pictures.
Blog text (4) -
"But the discovery of XMRV, a new virus, still stands," says one of the authors, Robert Silverman of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and an erratum to withdraw the prostate cancer link would have sufficed.
Blog text (12) -
I noticed an erratum in the article, which claimed the event took place in 2020 instead of 2021.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small mistake in typed or printed text, like a wrong letter
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2.2
A mistake in a book or paper, for example a wrong letter
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3.0
A small mistake in printed or typed text
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9.9
A notice that tells readers about a mistake and its correction in a book or article
A mistake in printed text that happens during printing or typing
A text that has mistakes made when someone writes it from another text
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word erratum comes from the Latin errare, which means 'to wander' or 'to be wrong'. So an erratum is a short note that tells readers about a mistake that 'wandered' into a printed work, and it shares its root with the English word error.