error
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: ĕrʹə
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ə(ɹ)/
enpr: ĕrʹər
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈeɹ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ɚ/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ɚ/
note: some accents
ipa: /ɛɚ/
rhymes: -ɛɹə(ɹ)
homophone: era (non-rhotic)
homophone: air
homophone: e'er
homophone: ere
homophone: heir stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: err stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: errors
form: errour
Etymology: From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”), infinitive of errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition).
Senses: examples: text: "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner? [...]"
ref: 1913, The Inland printer:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
examples: text: There was a large error in the accounts.
text: Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
ref: 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
text: "Well over 400 trains and thousands of passengers from across the South were disrupted by this single error of judgement," said Network Rail's Route Director for Sussex, Katie Frost.
ref: 2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge crash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:
glosses: A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
glosses: Sin; transgression.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
glosses: One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
glosses: Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
Synonyms: sense: state of being wrong
word: wrength
sense: a mistake
word: blooper
sense: a mistake
word: blunder
sense: a mistake
word: boo-boo
sense: a mistake
word: defect
sense: a mistake
word: fault
sense: a mistake
word: faux pas
sense: a mistake
word: fluff
sense: a mistake
word: flub
sense: a mistake
word: fumble
sense: a mistake
word: gaffe
sense: a mistake
word: lapse
sense: a mistake
word: mistake
sense: a mistake
word: slip
sense: a mistake
word: stumble
sense: a mistake
word: thinko
word: aberration
word: barbarism
word: bloomer
word: boner
word: break
word: clanger
word: cock-up
word: error
word: floater
word: fuckup
word: goof
word: howler
word: inaccuracy
word: lapsus
word: mess-up
word: misstep
word: oopsy
word: screwup
word: slip-up
word: slipup
word: solecism
word: erroneity
Hyponyms: word: absolute error
word: approximation error
word: clerical error
word: compass error
word: conjunctive error
word: cumulative error
word: firm error
word: hard error
word: measurement error
word: observational error
word: round-off error
word: sampling error
word: schoolboy error
word: separative error
word: soft error
word: syntax error
word: typographical error
word: unforced error
word: incorrect argument
word: misargument
word: miscalculation
word: misconception
word: misspelling
word: mispronunciation
word: misstatement
word: scanno
word: spello
word: typo
Derived terms: alpha error
beta error
bioerror
category error
comedy of errors
error bar
error box
error carried forward
error catastrophe
error code
error correct
error correction
error diffusion
error fare
error-free
errorfree
errorful
error function
error handler
error handling
error in judgement
error in judgment
errorist
errorless
error message
error of judgement
error of judgment
error of the first kind
error of the second kind
errorous
error-prone
error-proneness
errorproof
error-ridden
errorsome
error treatment
fatal system error
fencepost error
forced error
human error
in error
ironic error
logic error
margin of error
non-error
off-by-one error
Othello error
plaintiff in error
probable error
refractive error
relative error
rounding error
the error of one's ways
standard error
stop error
suberror
trial and error
type I error
type II error
α error
β error
Related terms: word: err
word: errant
word: erroneous
word: erroneously
sense: failure in computing
word: does not compute
word: mis-
word: false
word: defect
word: :Category:English terms prefixed with mis-
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 495. Error
word: Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/27 § error