Error (Noun)
Meaning 1
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Bungle
- Flub
- Pratfall
- Foul-up
- Stain
- Folly
- Foolishness
- Distortion
- Boo-boo
- Smirch
- Oversight
- Incursion
- Offside
- Blunder
- Stupidity
- Miscalculation
- Ballup
- Spot
- Fuckup
- Confusion
- Omission
- Slip
- Cockup
- Misestimation
- Parapraxis
- Bloomer
- Mess-up
- Blot
- Revoke
- Miscue
- Imbecility
- Boner
- Botch
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Meaning 3
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 4
A misconception resulting from incorrect information.
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
Inadvertent incorrectness.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The calculation was off by a decimal place due to a simple error in transcription.
- A typographical error in the advertisement resulted in several phone calls to the wrong number.
- The new employee made an error in the customer's order, causing a delay in delivery.
- A navigation error led the hikers deeper into the wilderness, farther from their campsite.
- The medical diagnosis was reevaluated after it was discovered that a lab error had led to the incorrect conclusion.
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Meaning 6
Departure from what is ethically acceptable.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 7
Part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.