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error meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of error at MeaningMonkey.org. error meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.ERROR noun
Definition of error (noun)
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- synonyms: erroneousness
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- synonyms: erroneous belief
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- synonyms: misplay
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
- synonyms: wrongdoing
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- synonyms: computer error
- part of a statement that is not correct
- "the book was full of errors"
- synonyms: mistake
Source: Princeton University Wordnet