error

[ er-er ]

/ ˈɛr ər /

noun

a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech: His speech contained several factual errors.

belief in something untrue; the holding of mistaken opinions.

the condition of believing what is not true: in error about the date.

a moral offense; wrongdoing; sin.

Baseball. a misplay that enables a base runner to reach base safely or advance a base, or a batter to have a turn at bat prolonged, as the dropping of a ball batted in the air, the fumbling of a batted or thrown ball, or the throwing of a wild ball, but not including a passed ball or wild pitch.

Mathematics. the difference between the observed or approximately determined value and the true value of a quantity.

Law.

a mistake in a matter of fact or law in a case tried in a court of record.
writ of error.

Philately. a stamp distinguished by an error or errors in design, engraving, selection of inks, or setting up of the printing apparatus. Compare freak¹(def 5), variety(def 8).

Origin of error

1250–1300; Middle English errour < Latin errōr- (stem of error), equivalent to err- err + -or -or¹

SYNONYMS FOR error

1 blunder, slip, oversight. See mistake.

4 fault, transgression, trespass, misdeed.

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OTHER WORDS FROM error

er·ror·less, adjective er·ror·less·ly, adverb

Words nearby error

errhine, erring, errol, erron., erroneous, error, error analysis, error coin, error correction, error message, error of closure

Example sentences from the Web for errorless

It knows simply what is there, and brings out the positive creature, errorless, unquestionable.

Modern Painters Vol. III. |John Ruskin
Paramount among agitators as I think Mazzini, it is a duty to admit that he was not errorless.

Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Jacob Holyoake
We will 'ostensibly work at the task of developing an errorless man', is the way I believe you put it.

Human Error |Raymond F. Jones
He should at once begin to cancel and prove by checking that errorless cancellation always gives the right answer.

The Psychology of Arithmetic |Edward L. Thorndike

The jewel itself was not so precious as the rays of enduring light which form it, and flash from it, beneath that errorless hand.

On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for errorless

error

/ (ˈɛrə) /

noun

a mistake or inaccuracy, as in action or speech a typing error

an incorrect belief or wrong judgment

the condition of deviating from accuracy or correctness, as in belief, action, or speech he was in error about the train times

deviation from a moral standard; wrongdoing he saw the error of his ways

maths statistics a measure of the difference between some quantity and an approximation to or estimate of it, often expressed as a percentage an error of 5%

statistics See type I error, type II error

Derived forms of error

error-free, adjective

Word Origin for error

C13: from Latin, from errāre to err

Medical definitions for errorless

error

[ ĕr′ər ]

n.

A defect or insufficiency in structure or function.

An act, assertion, or decision, especially one made in testing a hypothesis, that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.

Idioms and Phrases with errorless

error

see comedy of errors; trial and error.

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