error

Meanings

Noun

• The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
• A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
• Sin; transgression.
• A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
• The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
• A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
• One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
• Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

Verb

• To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
• To show or contain an error or fault.
• To err.

Related

Similar words

• wrength
• blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, fault, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
• err

Narrower meaning words

• absolute error
• compass error
• conjunctive error
• firm error
• hard error
• measurement error
• round-off error
• sampling error
• schoolboy error
• separative error
• soft error
• spelling error
• syntax error
• typographical error
• unforced error

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman errour, from Old French error, from Latin error, infinitive of errō. Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 ("error"), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("to lead astray"). More at err.