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error

noun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
E
Ends with
R
Contains
RR
Scrabble score
5
CEFR level
A2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɛɹə(ɹ)

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

    “he made a bad mistake”

noun

  1. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

noun

  1. inadvertent incorrectness

noun

  1. departure from what is ethically acceptable

noun

  1. a misconception resulting from incorrect information

noun

  1. part of a statement that is not correct

    “the book was full of errors”

noun

  1. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

In context

Example Sentences

he made a bad mistake
she was quick to point out my errors
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
the book was full of errors

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