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1. error - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): mistake, fault

Hypernym(s): nonaccomplishment, nonachievement




2. error - noun

· inadvertent incorrectness

Synonym(s): erroneousness

Hypernym(s): incorrectness, wrongness




3. error - noun

· a misconception resulting from incorrect information

Synonym(s): erroneous_belief

Hypernym(s): misconception




4. error - noun

· (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

Synonym(s): misplay

Hypernym(s): failure




5. error - noun

· departure from what is ethically acceptable

Synonym(s): wrongdoing

Hypernym(s): evil, evilness




6. error - noun

· (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Synonym(s): computer_error

Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event




7. error - noun

· part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"

Synonym(s): mistake

Hypernym(s): misstatement





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