Definition of err Err
/ɛˈɹ/ - [er] - err
We found 16 definitions of err from 8 different sources.
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What does err mean?
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| err - to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
| mistake, slip | ||
| slip up, trip up, stumble detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" | ||
| misremember remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date" | ||
| slip up, trip up, stumble detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator" | ||
| misjudge judge incorrectly | ||
| fall for fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil" | ||
| err - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" | ||
| stray, drift | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- err (v. i.)
To wander; to roam; to stray. - err (v. i.)
To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. - err (v. i.)
To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. - err (v. i.)
To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. - err (v. i.)
To offend, as by erring.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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err
To make a mistake. -
err
Twenty fifth letter of Ol chiki script.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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err
er, v.i. to wander from the right way: to go astray: to mistake: to sin.—adj. Err′able, capable of erring.—n. Errat′ic, a wanderer: an erratic boulder.—adjs. Errat′ic, -al, wandering: having no certain course: not stationary: irregular.—adv. Errat′ically.—n. Errā′tum, an error in writing or printing, esp. one noted in a list at the end of a book:—pl. Errā′ta.—adj. Errō′neous, erring: full of error: wrong: mistaken: (obs.) wandering.—adv. Errō′neously.—ns. Errō′neousness; Err′or, a deviation from truth, right, &c.: a blunder or mistake: a fault: sin; Err′orist. [Fr. errer—L. errāre, to stray; cog. with Ger. irren, and irre, astray.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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err
To make a mistake.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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err
To err is human; to forgive divine.
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🔤- err, verb, present, 1st person singular of err (infinitive).
- err, verb (infinitive).
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