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How to pronounce error in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms erroneous belief
Type of misconception
Type Words
Synonyms fault, mistake
Type of nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Has types betise, bloomer, blooper, blot, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, omission, balls-up, ballup, folly, foolishness, foul-up, fuckup, imbecility, incursion, lapse, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misreckoning, mix-up, offside, oversight, parapraxis, pratfall, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slip-up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stupidity, confusion, distortion, flub
Derivation err


she was quick to point out my errors.
Type Words
Synonyms misplay
Type of failure
Type Words
Synonyms erroneousness
Type of incorrectness, wrongness
Has types deviation
Derivation err
Type Words
Synonyms mistake
Type of misstatement
Has types typographical error, literal, literal error, typo, misprint, corrigendum, erratum


the book was full of errors.
Type Words
Synonyms wrongdoing
Type of evilness, evil
Type Words
Synonyms computer error
Type of natural event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
Has types hardware error, programming error, software error, algorithm error

Examples of error

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The trial-and-error methods at the prison and three zoos seems to have paid off.
From the thenewstribune.com
After an unforced error wide, Murray pounded his fist and yelled out in disgust.
From the heraldtribune.com
The agency says the error disabled a key element of the model for managing risk.
From the timesunion.com
They've got such big frames that they give you a little bit more room for error.
From the kansas.com
B.J. Upton reached on an error to start the sixth, but Lee got three quick outs.
From the kentucky.com
Jimmy Rollins then hit a liner to right that Bruce turned into a two-base error.
From the kentucky.com
The court ruled Tuesday that jury instructions on lack of consent were in error.
From the chron.com
Nelson Cruz scored three innings later on a steal of third and a throwing error.
From the sacbee.com
Ashley Scheffler led off with a single and pitcher Jet Kein reached on an error.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Mistake: 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"
  • Erroneousness: 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
  • The word error has different meanings and usages relative to how it is conceptually applied. The concrete meaning of the Latin word error is "wandering" or "straying". ...
  • In baseball statistics, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance should have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder. ...
  • An error message is information displayed when an unexpected condition occurs, usually on a computer or other device. On modern operating systems with graphical user interfaces, error messages are often displayed using dialog boxes. ...