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Meanings of
err
in English
Portuguese
equivocar
Catalan
equivocar-se
Spanish
errar
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To make a mistake or be incorrect.
mistake
slip
Related terms
slip up
Portuguese
equivocar
Portuguese
vagar
Spanish
descarriarse
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Wander from a direct course or at random.
drift
stray
Portuguese
vagar
Usage of
err
in English
1
Medical error is common and junior doctors are more vulnerable to
err
.
2
To
err
is not only human - animals can also make mistakes.
3
At this moment, we need to
err
on the side of caution.
4
These days, the company chooses to
err
on the side of caution.
5
Again, Sir, I may
err
;
but it will be with the Fathers.
6
Although logic might tell Liz to
err
on the side of caution.
7
Remember that in this relation the finest natures are prone to
err
.
8
Teams are going to
err
on the side of protecting that investment.
9
Thought, however, may
err
either in its form or in its matter.
10
Now in this thing they did
err
,
having not understood the scriptures.
11
Living or dying I will stand
err
lie by you in friendship.
12
Nothing is more easy than to
err
in our notions of magnitude.
13
She would not
err
in any way, if she could help it.
14
Cedrenus and Nicephorus
err
in dating Abyssinian Christianity from Justinian, c. 542.
15
But if the steersman
err
,
he causeth the whole ship to perish.
16
But if the king
err
,
he causeth injury to the whole realm.
Other examples for "err"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
err
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present · Third
Frequent collocations
err on
err again
err in judgment
err so
err therein
More collocations
Translations for
err
Portuguese
equivocar
confundir
vagar
errar
Catalan
equivocar-se
errar
confondre's
Spanish
errar
fallir
confundirse
equivocarse
descarriarse
desviarse
desencaminarse
Err
through the time
Err
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common