Meaning

9 senses

  1. (uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

  2. (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

  3. (countable, uncountable)Sin; transgression.

    I've finally seen the error of my ways.

  4. (countable)A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

  5. (countable)The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

    Fehler

    погре́шностьpogréšnostʹ, отклоне́ниеotklonénije

    погрі́шністьpohríšnistʹ, о́гріхóhrix, відхи́ленняvidxýlennja

  6. (countable)A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

  7. (uncountable)One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

    Irrtum

  8. (countable, uncountable)Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.

Examples

493 sentences

  1. At last, he realized his error.

    Врешті-решт, він зрозумів свою помилку. — deniko

    ruВ конце концов, он понял свою ошибку. — Biga

    deSchließlich bemerkte er seinen Fehler. — Sudajaengi

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  2. Correct the errors if there are any.

    Виправ помилки, якщо вони є. — deniko

    ruИсправьте ошибки, если они есть. — sharptoothed

    deKorrigiere die Fehler, wenn es welche gibt. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I made a lot of stupid errors.

    Я зробив багато дурних помилок. — deniko

    deIch habe viele dumme Fehler gemacht. — raggione

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  4. Tom makes a lot of errors.

    Том робить багато помилок. — deniko

    ruТом делает много ошибок. — odexed

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  5. You made an error.

    Ти зробив помилку. — ascolto

    ruТы совершил ошибку. — marafon

    deDu hast einen Fehler gemacht. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
mistake — see also mistake:
statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one:
Русский
By meaning 2
mistake — see also mistake:
statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mistake — see also mistake:
appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial:

Origin

From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from

From 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: errors
Singularerror
Pluralerrors

regular

Synonyms

60 synonyms
wrongA1stumbleB1crimeA2misdemeanorC2offenseB2aberrationC2breakA2faultA2lapseC1mistakeA2slipB1wrengthwrongnesswrongfulness
Close in meaning
  • (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 words
RelatedfalseA1errerranterroneouserroneouslydefect
Derivedalpha errorbeta errorbioerrorcategory errorerror barerror boxerror catastropheerror codeerror correcterror diffusionerror fareerrorfreeerrorfulerror functionerroristerrorlesserror messageerrorouserror-proneerror-pronenesserrorprooferrorsomeerror theoryerror treatment

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • an an error
  • spelling errors
  • correct the errors
  • an error in
  • serious error

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
erraticerraticallyerroneouserstwhileerudite
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