error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper. error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make …

In science and engineering in general, an error is defined as a difference between the desired and actual performance or behavior of a system or object.

ERROR definition: 1. a mistake: 2. a wrong decision: 3. to understand that you were wrong to behave in a particular…. Learn more.

ERROR definition: a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech. See examples of error used in a sentence.

Definition of error noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. a deviation from accuracy or correctness; mistake. 2. the holding of mistaken opinions. 3. the condition of believing what is not true: I was in error about the date. 4. a moral offense. 5. a baseball …

Dec 4, 2025 · error (third-person singular simple present errors, present participle erroring, simple past and past participle errored) (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially …

There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun error, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

To see, recognize, acknowledge, etc., the error of your ways is to admit that you have been doing something wrong or behaving badly and to stop doing it. Congress recognized the error of its ways …

er•ror /ˈɛrɚ/ n. a mistake; inaccuracy:[countable] made several errors in addition. the condition of being wrong:[uncountable] I was in error about the date of the party.