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What (who) is err - definition
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ERR; ERR (disambiguation); Err (disambiguation)
err
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.
err
(errs, erring, erred)
1.
If you err, you make a mistake. (FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates...
If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.
VERB: V in n, V
2.
If you err on the side of caution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks.
They may be wise to err on the side of caution...
He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side.
PHRASE: V inflects
Err
·vi To offend, as by erring.
II. Err ·vi To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
IV. Err ·vi To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
V. Err ·vi To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to Sin.
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Examples of use of err
1. Contestant: Er. . . Presenter: He makes bread. . . Contestant: Err...
2. He chews out cameramen who err in their camera angles.
3. It‘s precisely when times are tough that employees are tempted to err.
4. Roman Catholic theology says that the pope cannot err in teachings on faith or morals.
5. To err is human, even (especially) with foolproof hightech Pity Mizuho Securities.