error (Meaning)
error (n)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
inadvertent incorrectness
a misconception resulting from incorrect information
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
departure from what is ethically acceptable
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
part of a statement that is not correct
error (n.)
A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.
A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.
The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.
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error Sentence Examples
- The math error was so obvious that even a child could spot it.
- The error in the code caused the program to crash.
- The doctor made an error in the patient's diagnosis, which led to a misprescription of medication.
- The error in the financial report was due to a simple oversight.
- The error in the news article was quickly corrected by the editor.
- The error in the navigation system led the driver to get lost.
- The error in the scientific experiment was due to a faulty piece of equipment.
- The error in the election results was caused by a malfunctioning voting machine.
- The error in the weather forecast led to people being caught off guard by a sudden storm.
- The error in the software update caused the computer to freeze.
FAQs About the word error
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, inadvertent incorrectness, a misconception resulting from incorrect information, (baseb
blunder,mistake, lapse, stumble, goof, brick, gaff, bobble, miscue,inaccuracy
accuracy, exactitude, exactness, exactitude, correctness, strictness, precision, precision, strictness, correctness
The math error was so obvious that even a child could spot it.
The error in the code caused the program to crash.
The doctor made an error in the patient's diagnosis, which led to a misprescription of medication.
The error in the financial report was due to a simple oversight.
