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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 |