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Definition of 'error'

Noun

  1. 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"
       Synonyms: mistake fault
  2. inadvertent incorrectness
       Synonyms: erroneousness
  3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information
       Synonyms: erroneous belief
  4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
       Synonyms: misplay
  5. departure from what is ethically acceptable
       Synonyms: wrongdoing
  6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
       Synonyms: computer error
  7. part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
       Synonyms: mistake


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