Err

[ɜː] or [ɛr]

Definition

(verb.) to make a mistake or be incorrect.

Checked by Erwin--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

(v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

(v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

(v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

(v. i.) To offend, as by erring.

Typed by Clyde

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Deviate (from the right way), wander, ramble, rove.[2]. Mistake, blunder, misjudge, make a mistake, be at fault, labor under a mistake.[3]. Sin, lapse, fall, trip, trespass, offend, go astray, do amiss, commit a fault.

Edited by Colin

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Deviate, wander, mistake, blunder, misjudge, stumble, stray, go_astray,misapprehend

ANT:Succeed, prosper, correct, rectify

Editor: Stacy

Definition

v.i. to wander from the right way: to go astray: to mistake: to sin.—adj. Err′able capable of erring.—n. Errat′ic a wanderer: an erratic boulder.—adjs. Errat′ic -al wandering: having no certain course: not stationary: irregular.—adv. Errat′ically.—n. Errā′tum an error in writing or printing esp. one noted in a list at the end of a book:—pl. Errā′ta.—adj. Errō′neous erring: full of error: wrong: mistaken: (obs.) wandering.—adv. Errō′neously.—ns. Errō′neousness; Err′or a deviation from truth right &c.: a blunder or mistake: a fault: sin; Err′orist.

Typist: Stacey