[ ə: ]
■ verb be mistaken or incorrect.
↘[often as adjective ~ing ] do wrong.
Phrases
~ on the side of display more rather than less of (a quality): it is better to ~ on the side of caution.
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~er , from L. ~are 'to stray'.
[ ə: ]
■ verb be mistaken or incorrect.
↘[often as adjective ~ing ] do wrong.
Phrases
~ on the side of display more rather than less of (a quality): it is better to ~ on the side of caution.
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~er , from L. ~are 'to stray'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004