Usually means: To make a mistake, error.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word err:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. err: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. err: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. err: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. err: Collins English Dictionary
  5. err: Vocabulary.com
  6. Err, err: Wordnik
  7. err: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Err, err: Wiktionary
  9. err: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. err: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. err: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ERR, err: Dictionary.com
  13. err: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. err: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ERR, Err: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Err: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. err: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. err: Rhymezone
  19. err: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. err: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ERR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. err: Free Dictionary
  23. err: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. err: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. err: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. err-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. ERR: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  3. err: Legal dictionary
  4. ERR: Financial dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ERR: CCI Computer
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. err: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ERR: Acronym Finder
  2. ERR: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. err: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. err, err: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ERR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
verb:  (intransitive) To sin.
verb:  (archaic) to stray.

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