ERROR


Meaning of ERROR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ erə(r) ]

( errors)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.

NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations...

MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment.

N-VAR : oft N prep

2.

If you do something in error or if it happens in error , you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment.

The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.

PHRASE : usu PHR after v

3.

If someone sees the error of their ways , they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly.

I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways.

PHRASE : PHR after v

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