| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | error, mistake, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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| 2 | error, erroneousness | Inadvertent incorrectness | |
| 3 | error, erroneous belief | A misconception resulting from incorrect information | |
| 4 | error, misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | |
| 5 | error, wrongdoing | Departure from what is ethically acceptable | |
| 6 | error, computer error | (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer | |
| 7 | error, mistake | Part of a statement that is not correct |
| Sounds | eh'rer |
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| Rhymes | admirer, bearer, borer, and 22 more rhymes in rer at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. |
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| Examples | "she was quick to point out my errors" |
| Synonyms | mistake, fault |
| Narrower | blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain; confusion, mix-up; incursion; miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation; distortion; slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis; oversight, lapse; omission, skip; blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo; ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up; stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility; revoke, renege |
| Broader | nonaccomplishment, nonachievement |
| Verbs | err |
| Meaning | Inadvertent incorrectness. |
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| Synonyms | erroneousness |
| Narrower | deviation |
| Broader | incorrectness, wrongness |
| Verbs | err |
| Meaning | A misconception resulting from incorrect information. |
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| Synonyms | erroneous belief |
| Broader | misconception |
| Meaning | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed. |
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| Synonyms | misplay |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
| Broader | failure |
| Meaning | Departure from what is ethically acceptable. |
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| Synonyms | wrongdoing |
| Broader | evil, evilness |
| Meaning | (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer. |
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| Synonyms | computer error |
| Category | computer science, computing |
| Narrower | hardware error; software error, programming error; algorithm error |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, natural event |
| Meaning | Part of a statement that is not correct. |
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| Examples | "the book was full of errors" |
| Synonyms | mistake |
| Narrower | corrigendum; misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal |
| Broader | misstatement |