Usually means: Deviation from correctness or accuracy.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 62 dictionaries that define the word error:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. error: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. error: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. error: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. error: Collins English Dictionary
  5. error: Vocabulary.com
  6. Error, error: Wordnik
  7. error: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. error: Wiktionary
  9. error: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. error: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. error: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. error: Dictionary.com
  13. error: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. error: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. (T)ERROR, ERROR, Error (Error EP), Error (VIXX EP), Error (band), Error (baseball), Error (disambiguation), Error (law), Error (linguistics), Error (statistics), Error, (T)error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Error: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. error: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. error: Rhymezone
  19. error, error: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. error: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Error: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. error: Free Dictionary
  23. error: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. error: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. error: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. error: Global Glossary
  2. Coin Collecting Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. error: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. error: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Error-Proofing Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  8. error: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. error: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. error: CCI Computer
  3. error: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  4. Error (computer), Error (computing), error: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Error (computer), Error (computing), error: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. error: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Error: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  2. Error: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Error: Physic and Astronomy Glossary
  4. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. error: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Error: Sports Definitions

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. error: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
  6. error: Coin Collecting

(Note: See erroring as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
noun:  (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
noun:  (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
noun:  (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
noun:  (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
noun:  (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
noun:  Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
noun:  (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
verb:  (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
verb:  (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.
verb:  (nonstandard) To err.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     crimson,     scarlet,     maroon,     burgundy, more...



Word origin

Words similar to error

Usage examples for error

Idioms related to error

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing error

Words that often appear near error

Rhymes of error

Invented words related to error

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     crimson,     scarlet,     maroon,     burgundy, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!