ERROR


Meaning of ERROR in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ egregious ( esp. AmE ), fundamental , glaring , grave , great , grievous , major , serious

The report contained some glaring ~s.

▪ fatal

He made the fatal ~ of borrowing more than he could pay back.

▪ minor , small

▪ careless

▪ embarrassing , unfortunate

▪ past

The ability to learn from past ~s is vital in business.

▪ common

▪ grammar ( esp. AmE ), grammatical , spelling , typing , typographical

▪ factual

▪ experimental , statistical

▪ standard ( statistics )

▪ random , systematic

▪ measurement ( esp. AmE ), sampling

His research interests include measurement ~ in survey research.

▪ rounding ( esp. AmE )

The difference is due to a rounding ~ in the first calculation.

▪ unforced ( sports )

The American produced five double faults and 35 unforced ~s.

▪ tactical

The Kenyan athlete made a tactical ~ in starting too fast.

▪ administrative , clerical , medical

▪ human , pilot

The plane crash was caused by human ~, not mechanical failure.

VERB + ERROR

▪ commit , make

He had committed a grave ~ in letting them see the document.

She made several serious ~s during the race.

▪ cause

~s caused by illegibly written orders

▪ contain

The document contained a lot of typing ~s.

▪ introduce

An editorial ~ was introduced into the copy.

▪ catch ( esp. AmE ), detect , discover , find , identify , spot

Thank you for catching that silly ~ on my part.

I found several factual ~s in the report.

▪ point out

The ~ was pointed out to her by one of her colleagues.

▪ report

▪ realize , recognize

I only realized my ~ when it was too late.

▪ acknowledge , admit

Have the courage to admit your ~.

▪ avoid

She has avoided the common ~ of writing too much.

▪ prevent

▪ repeat

Do not repeat the ~s of your parents and grandparents.

▪ correct , eliminate , fix ( esp. AmE ), rectify

Glasses can correct most ~s in your vision.

▪ minimize ( esp. AmE ), reduce

the use of computer systems to reduce hospital ~s

▪ regret ( esp. AmE )

We regret the clerical ~ made in the letter sent to Mr Finlay.

▪ compound

The paper accidentally printed the victim's address, then compounded their ~ by printing her name the next day.

ERROR + VERB

▪ arise (from sth) , occur , result (from sth)

~s arising from inadequate information

ERROR + NOUN

▪ detection

▪ correction

▪ message

An ~ message comes up when I try to open the program.

▪ rate

machines with relatively high ~ rates

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~ (= by mistake)

The machine had been switched off in ~.

▪ ~ in

He checked his letter for ~s in spelling.

He realized his ~ in not attending the funeral.

PHRASES

▪ a comedy of ~s

His attempts to arrange a party ended up as a comedy of ~s.

▪ an ~ in judgement/judgment ( esp. AmE ), an ~ of judgement/judgment ( esp. BrE )

The president had made an amazing ~ of judgement.

▪ an ~ of fact

The speech contained many ~s of fact.

▪ a margin of ~

The margin of ~ for a racing driver is tiny.

▪ the ~ of one's ways

Will they realize the ~ of their ways before it is too late?

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .