Error Definition
ĕrər
errors
noun
errors
An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
American Heritage
The state of believing what is untrue, incorrect, or wrong.
Webster's New World
A wrong belief; incorrect opinion.
Webster's New World
A departure from the accepted moral code; transgression; wrongdoing; sin.
Webster's New World
Something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- pelagianism
- manichaeism
- transgression
- sin
- wrongdoing
- manichaeanism
- clanger
- monophysitism
- misplay
- misappreciation
- monophysism
- miscomputation
- wyclifism
- lollardy
- jovinianism
verb
(computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.
Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.
This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message.
Wiktionary
(telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.
The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.
Wiktionary
(nonstandard) To err.
Wiktionary
Origin of Error
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From Middle English errour, from Latin error (“wandering about”), infinitive of errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic [script?] (airzei, “error”), Gothic [script?] (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English errour from Old French from Latin error from errāre to err ers- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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