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- Dictionaryerring/ˈəːrɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong: "the strictest possible action should be taken against the erring officials"
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to make a mistake or to do something wrong: He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making mistakes. balls (something) up. blunderingly. bodge. make a cock-up of something. making. misdiagnose. misdiagnosis. misdirect. misremember. misrender. misstate. mistake. mistranscribe. stumblingly
1. a. : to make a mistake. erred in his calculations. erred on the side of caution. b. : to violate an accepted standard of conduct. 2. archaic : stray. Did you know? Is it human to err? Many people are familiar with the word err from encountering it in the epigram “to err is human; to forgive, divine.”
1. straying from the right moral course or accepted standards. 2. unfaithful. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. erring in American English. (ˈɜːrɪŋ, ˈer-) adjective. 1. going astray; in error; wrong. 2. sinning. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
1. To make an error or misjudgment: I erred in turning onto the dead-end street. 2. To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong. 3. Archaic To stray. [Middle English erren, from Old French errer, from Latin errāre, to wander; see ers- in Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Erring definition: going astray; in error; wrong.. See examples of ERRING used in a sentence.
Definitions of erring. adjective. capable of making an error. synonyms: error-prone. fallible. likely to fail or make errors. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Erring." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/erring. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024. Copy citation.
verb [ I ] formal uk / ɜː r/ us / ɝː / / er / to make a mistake or to do something wrong: He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making mistakes. balls (something) up. blunderingly. bodge. make a cock-up of something. making. misdiagnose. misdiagnosis. misdirect. misremember. misrender.
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to make a mistake or to do something wrong: He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making mistakes. balls (something) up phrasal verb. blunderingly. bodge. make a faux pas. making. misdiagnose. misdiagnosis. misdirect. misremember. misrender. misstate. mistake. mistranscribe.
noun. The act of one who errs; sin. Wiktionary. Advertisement.
