error


Definition: Meaning of, error in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛrə /

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error errors
  1. [uncountable and countable] a mistake
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  2. [countable] a mistake when you are working on a computer, which means that the computer program cannot do what you want it to do
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  3. error of judgment a mistake in the way that you examine a situation and decide what to do
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  4. be in error to have made a mistake, especially when making an official decision
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  5. do something in error if you do something in error, you do it by mistake
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  6. see the error of your ways literary to realize that you have been behaving badly and decide to stop
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error used in phrases

  • algorithm error (noun)
    1. computing error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result
  • by trial and error (adverb)
    1. in an empirical manner
  • computer error (noun)
    1. computing the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
  • disk error (noun)
    1. computing error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk
  • error correction code (noun)
    1. telecommunication a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
  • error handling (noun)
    1. computing how hardware or software responds to errors
  • error message (noun)
    1. computing a message created when there is a problem with a command or program
  • error-prone (adjective)
    1. capable of making an error
  • hardware error (noun)
    1. computing error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer
  • inborn error of metabolism (noun)
    1. usually a missing or inadequate enzyme any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect results in an abnormality of metabolism
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