error
error Lexical Profile
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• noun
An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
"The accountant discovered a minor calculation error in the quarterly financial report."
In computing, a condition or malfunction in hardware or software that prevents a program or system from operating as intended.
"A syntax error in the source code prevented the application from compiling."
The state or condition of holding wrong or false beliefs, or of acting wrongly.
"The committee concluded that the previous administration had acted in error when approving the contract."
In mathematics, statistics, and science, the difference between an observed or approximated value and the true value of a quantity.
"The polling results were within a three-percent margin of error."
North American In baseball, a misplay by a fielder that allows a batter or baserunner to reach base or advance when an ordinary effort would have resulted in an out.
"The shortstop was charged with a throwing error that allowed the tying run to score."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French erreur, from Latin error ('a wandering, straying, or mistake'), derived from the verb errare ('to wander or go astray').