Definition of "error" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

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

   • There was a large error in the accounts.

3. (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.

4. (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

5. (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

6. (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

7. (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

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

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

verb

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

   • The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.
   • Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.
   • This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message.

2. (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.

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

3. (nonstandard) To err.