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err
be mistaken or incorrect; to go astray morally; sin; transgress: To err is human.
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err
(ĕr, ûr)intr.v. erred, err·ing, errs
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.]
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err
(ɜː)vb (intr)
1. to make a mistake; be incorrect
2. to stray from the right course or accepted standards; sin
3. to act with bias, esp favourable bias: to err on the side of justice.
[C14: erren to wander, stray, from Old French errer, from Latin errāre]
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err
(ɜr, ɛr)v.i.
1. to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken or incorrect.
2. to go astray morally; sin.
3. Archaic. to deviate from the true course or purpose.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Old French errer < Latin errāre; akin to Old High German irrōn, Gothic airzjan]
err`a•bil′i•ty, n.
err′a•ble, adj.
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err
Past participle: erred
Gerund: erring
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Verb | 1. | err - to make a mistake or be incorrect misremember - remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date" misjudge - judge incorrectly fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
2. | err - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
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err
verb
1. make a mistake, mistake, go wrong, blunder, slip up (informal), misjudge, be incorrect, be inaccurate, miscalculate, go astray, be in error, put your foot in it (informal), misapprehend, blot your copybook (informal), drop a brick or clanger (informal) The contractors seriously erred in their original estimates.
2. sin, fall, offend, lapse, trespass, do wrong, deviate, misbehave, go astray, transgress, be out of order, blot your copybook (informal) If he errs again, he will be severely punished.
Quotations
"To err is human, to forgive divine" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]
"To err is human, to forgive divine" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
err
verb2. To violate a moral or divine law:
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Translations
يُخْطِئ
chybovatmýlit
begå fejlfejle
téved
skjátlast, hafa rangt fyrir sér
klystiklysti ką nors darant
kļūdīties
hata yapmakyanılmak
err
[ɜːʳ] VI (= be mistaken) → equivocarse; (= sin) → pecarto err on the side of mercy/caution → pecar de piadoso/cauteloso
to err is human → errar es de humanos, quien tiene boca se equivoca
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
err
[ˈɜːr] vi (= make mistakes) → se tromper
to err is human → l'erreur est humaine
to err on the side of caution → pécher par excès de prudence
to err is human → l'erreur est humaine
to err on the side of caution → pécher par excès de prudence
(= be unfaithful) [husband, lover] → commettre une faute
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
err
vi
(= be mistaken) → sich irren; to err in one’s judgement → in seinem Urteil fehlgehen, sich in seinem Urteil irren; to err is human(, to forgive divine) (Prov) → Irren ist menschlich(, Vergeben göttlich) (Prov); it is better to err on the side of caution → man sollte im Zweifelsfall lieber zu vorsichtig sein
(= sin) → sündigen, Verfehlungen begehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
err
[ɜːʳ] vi (be mistaken) → sbagliare, errare; (sin) → peccareit is better to err on the side of caution → la prudenza non è mai troppa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
err
(əː) verb to make a mistake; to be wrong; to do wrong.
err on the side of to be guilty of what might be seen as a fault in order to avoid an opposite and greater fault. It is better to err on the side of leniency when punishing a child .
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