What is the meaning of error?

noun

  • A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
    • usage: "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
  • Inadvertent incorrectness.
  • A misconception resulting from incorrect information.
  • Baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
  • Departure from what is ethically acceptable.
  • Computer science. ( the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer)
  • Part of a statement that is not correct.
    • usage: "the book was full of errors"
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APAWordNet. (2010). error. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/error/definitions/1188859
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MLAWordNet. "error" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/error/definitions/1188859>
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