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1. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
Synonyms
- misestimation
- slip
- betise
- mix-up
- skip
- bloomer
- distortion
- balls-up
- slip-up
- mess-up
- misreckoning
- oversight
- nonachievement
- folly
- nonaccomplishment
- boo-boo
- ballup
- miscalculation
- blooper
- renege
- confusion
- stupidity
- smear
- fault
- foul-up
- offside
- lapse
- boner
- smirch
- fuckup
- incursion
- flub
- parapraxis
- cockup
- botch
- stain
- foolishness
- blunder
- revoke
- blot
- spot
- bungle
- omission
- pratfall
- miscue
- imbecility
Antonyms
- overgarment
- better
- remember
- roughness
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
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Rhymes with Error
- standard-bearer
- stretcher-bearer
- preparer
- starer
- wearer
- there're
- sherrer
- sharer
- scherrer
- scharer
- rarer
- mehrer
- lehrer
- kehrer
- harer
- ferrer
- fairer
- carer
- bearer
How do you pronounce error?
Pronounce error as ˈɛrər.
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Sentences with error
1. Noun, singular or mass
It has an increased risk for error so use it only if you have few employees.
2. Adjective
For many users, the installation process for new drivers was error prone and frustrating.
Quotes about error
1. Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.
- Dale Turner
2. Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
- Louis Aragon
3. One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
2. trial-and-error
adjective. trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated.
Synonyms
- empirical
Antonyms
- a priori
- abstractive
3. error-prone
adjective. capable of making an error.
Synonyms
- fallible
Antonyms
- nonhuman
- inerrant
4. trial-and-error
adjective. relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory.
Antonyms
- hypothetical
5. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] inadvertent incorrectness.
Synonyms
- erroneousness
- wrongness
- incorrectness
Antonyms
- rightness
- attend
- wisdom
- intelligence
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
6. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] a misconception resulting from incorrect information.
Synonyms
- erroneous belief
Antonyms
- clean
- uncover
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
7. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
Synonyms
- failure
Antonyms
- attend to
- arrive
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
8. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] departure from what is ethically acceptable.
Synonyms
- wrongdoing
- evil
Antonyms
- good
- order
- ability
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
9. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] part of a statement that is not correct.
Synonyms
- literal error
- misprint
- misstatement
- corrigendum
- literal
- typo
- erratum
- typographical error
Antonyms
- absolve
- merit
- worthlessness
- irresponsibility
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)
10. error
noun. ['ˈɛrɝ'] (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer.
Synonyms
- programming error
- occurrence
- happening
- software error
- computer error
- algorithm error
- natural event
- hardware error
Antonyms
- onside
- recede
- claim
- begin
Etymology
- errour (Middle English (1100-1500))
- error (Latin)