error
The state, quality, or condition of being wrongThe state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
» At last, he realized his error.
Schließlich bemerkte er seinen Fehler.
Schließlich erkannte er seinen Fehler.
В конце концов, он понял свою ошибку.
Врешті-решт, він зрозумів свою помилку.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
(countable)A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
There was a large error in the accounts.
Fehler
оши́бкаošíbka
поми́лкаpomýlka, хи́баxýba
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
(countable, uncountable)Sin; transgression.
I've finally seen the error of my ways.
(countable)A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
(countable)The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
Fehler
погре́шностьpogréšnostʹ, отклоне́ниеotklonénije
погрі́шністьpohríšnistʹ, о́гріхóhrix, відхи́ленняvidxýlennja
(countable)A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
(uncountable)One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
Irrtum
(countable, uncountable)Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
(countable, uncountable)An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
Examples
493 sentencesAt last, he realized his error.
Врешті-решт, він зрозумів свою помилку.
ruВ конце концов, он понял свою ошибку.
deSchließlich bemerkte er seinen Fehler.
Correct the errors if there are any.
Виправ помилки, якщо вони є.
ruИсправьте ошибки, если они есть.
deKorrigiere die Fehler, wenn es welche gibt.
I made a lot of stupid errors.
Я зробив багато дурних помилок.
deIch habe viele dumme Fehler gemacht.
Tom makes a lot of errors.
Том робить багато помилок.
ruТом делает много ошибок.
You made an error.
Ти зробив помилку.
ruТы совершил ошибку.
deDu hast einen Fehler gemacht.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, fromFrom Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb 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). Displaced native Old English dwild (“error”).
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Forms
plural: errorsSynonyms
60 synonyms- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed:misplay
- departure from what is ethically acceptable:wrongdoing
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information:erroneous belief
- part of a statement that is not correct:mistake
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer:computer error
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention:mistakefault
Word family
45 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- an an error
- spelling errors
- correct the errors
- an error in
- serious error