Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To utter the word er when hesitating in speech.

    um and er

    He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.

Examples

47 sentences

  1. Tom is in the ER.

    Том у відділенні екстреної допомоги. — deniko

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  2. Tom was in the ER.

    Том був у відділенні екстренної допомоги. — deniko

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  3. Tom has been taken to the ER.

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  4. He fell, so I had to take him to the ER.

    Він упав, тому я був вимушений відвести його до травматологічного відділення. — deniko

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  5. Er, how do you use this?

    deÄh, wie benutzt man das? — Yorwba

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Origin

Mimetic (sound of hesitation).

Mimetic (sound of hesitation).

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Forms

ers, erring, erred, erred
Base former · to er
3rd person singularers
Present participleerring
Past simpleerred
Past participleerred

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyer
he, she, iters

Past simpleLesson

all personserred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave erred
he, she, ithas erred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill er

Synonyms

4 synonyms
ahehumhem and haw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
equivalentequivocaleraB1eradicateerase
er — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto