What part of speech is error?

Error can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. error is a noun, singular of errors.

Inflections

Noun

What does error mean?

Definitions

Verb

error - To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
error - To show or contain an error or fault.
error - To err.

Noun

error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
error - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
error - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
error - departure from what is ethically acceptable
error - a misconception resulting from incorrect information
error - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
error - inadvertent incorrectness

Examples of error

#   Sentence  
1. noun He did once make an unforgivable error when he mentioned that Fallujan militants were shooting at the Marines from the roofs of mosques and houses in Hay Al-Golan, but of course that is okay for Al-Jazeera.
2. noun If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.
3. noun If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system.
4. noun If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (713-546-5000), and destroy the original message.
5. noun [an error occurred while processing this directive]
6. noun The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan.
7. noun You had better not repeat such an error.
8. noun We must concede that we committed an error.
9. noun An error was made.
10. noun Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.
11. noun We left a margin for error in our estimates.
12. noun Everybody laughed at his error.
13. noun At last, he realized his error.
14. noun The typist tried to erase the error.
15. noun It was a manifest error of judgement.
Sentence  
noun
He did once make an unforgivable error when he mentioned that Fallujan militants were shooting at the Marines from the roofs of mosques and houses in Hay Al-Golan, but of course that is okay for Al-Jazeera.
If you have received this email in error please notify the sender.
If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system.
If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (713-546-5000), and destroy the original message.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
The submarine incident was put down to a "technical error" by the Chinese government, which apologised to Japan.
You had better not repeat such an error.
We must concede that we committed an error.
An error was made.
Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.
We left a margin for error in our estimates.
Everybody laughed at his error.
At last, he realized his error.
The typist tried to erase the error.
It was a manifest error of judgement.

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