# error

Pronunciation: US say "AIR-ur" /ˈɛɹ.ɚ/; UK say "AIR-uh" /ˈɛɹ.ə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A mistake, or something done, said, written or produced wrongly, usually by accident.
   - Simple: A mistake, or something done, said or made wrongly, usually by accident.
   - _A single error in the form delayed the entire application._
   - _The report contained several factual errors that had to be corrected._
2. In computing, a fault or failure that a program or system detects and reports, which may stop the task it was doing.
   - Simple: In computers, a problem that a program finds and reports, which may stop what it is doing.
   - _The installation halted with a fatal error halfway through._
   - _Several errors interrupted the overnight backup job._
3. The amount by which a measurement or calculation differs from the actual value.
   - Simple: The gap between a measured or calculated number and the real, correct value.
   - _The experiment's error was reduced by averaging many readings._
   - _Each instrument introduces a measurement error that scientists must account for._
4. The condition or quality of being mistaken or incorrect.
   - Simple: The state of being wrong about something.
   - _The committee acknowledged that the decision had been made in error._
   - _Convinced of his own error, he withdrew the earlier claim._
5. In baseball, a misplay the official scorer charges to a fielder for letting a batter or runner reach or advance a base, or letting a batter keep batting when an out should have been made.
   - Simple: In baseball, a fielding mistake that lets a batter or runner gain a base, or lets a batter keep batting.
   - _The official scorer charged the third baseman with an error on the dropped throw._
   - _Two errors in the seventh inning cost the home team the game._
6. A mistake, or a set of mistakes, in the conduct of a trial that may justify having the judgment reviewed.
   - Simple: A mistake made during a trial that may be a reason to review the court's decision.
   - _Defense counsel argued that error at trial entitled their client to a new hearing._
   - _The appeals court found no error sufficient to overturn the conviction._
7. Sin; a moral wrong or transgression.
   - Simple: A sin or wrong act against what is right or holy.
   - _The old hymn calls sinners to repent and forsake their error._
   - _Scripture warns of the error of those who turn from the righteous path._

## Verb

8. Of a program, system or signal, to fail or go wrong because of an error, often showing an error message (often with out).
   - Simple: Of a computer program or system, to stop working properly because something has gone wrong.
   - _Scripts like this one tend to error out whenever the database connection drops._
   - _The installer errored partway through and rolled back the changes._
9. To make a mistake; to be wrong. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: To make a mistake or do something wrong.

## Origin

Error comes from Middle English errour, borrowed through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Latin error ("wandering about"), from the verb errō ("to wander, to err"). It is related to Gothic words for error and for leading astray.

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