error — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   wrengthwrongwrongnesswrongfulness

   Esempi

   "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner?[…]"

2. A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

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   • numerabile

   Sinonimi

   blunderflubgaffestumble

   Esempi

   There was a large error in the accounts.

   Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.

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   "Well over 400 trains and thousands of passengers from across the South were disrupted by this single error of judgement," said Network Rail's Route Director for Sussex, Katie Frost.

3. Sin; transgression.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   delinquencymisdoingwrong

   Esempi

   I've finally seen the error of my ways.

4. A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

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   • numerabile

5. The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

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   • numerabile

6. A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

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   • numerabile

7. One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

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   • non numerabile

8. Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

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   • non numerabile

9. An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.

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   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Verbo

1. To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

   Esempi

   The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.

   Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.

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   This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message.

2. To show or contain an error or fault.

   Esempi

   The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.

3. To err.

   Uso

   • nonstandard

   Esempi

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   Pixels which are mathematically outside of a triangle, but which are included for anti-aliasing purposes can be generated with colour and depth information outside of the valid range. The ADE should identify these cases and clamp the output to the minimum or maximum value depending on the direction it has errored in.

   By doing so examiners are erroring in the direction of drawing hypotheses based on greater evidence of reliability and validity.

   Error is not just permitted by diversity; it is what permits diversity.... The beetle had “errored” beautifully

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   Many other celebrities errored in the political comments area...

Sostantivo

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

   Sinonimi

   mistakefault

   Termini più generali

   nonaccomplishmentnonachievement

   Esempi

   he made a bad mistake

   she was quick to point out my errors

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   I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults

2. inadvertent incorrectness

   Sinonimi

   erroneousness

   Termini più generali

   incorrectnesswrongness

3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information

   Sinonimi

   erroneous belief

   Termini più generali

   misconception

4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

   Sinonimi

   misplay

   Termini più generali

   failure

5. departure from what is ethically acceptable

   Sinonimi

   wrongdoing

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   evilevilness

6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

   Sinonimi

   computer error

   Termini più generali

   happeningoccurrenceoccurrentnatural event

7. part of a statement that is not correct

   Sinonimi

   mistake

   Termini più generali

   misstatement

   Esempi

   the book was full of errors