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Meanings of err in English

Portuguese
equivocar
Catalan
equivocar-se
Spanish
errar

To make a mistake or be incorrect.

Related terms
equivocar
Portuguese
vagar
Spanish
descarriarse

Wander from a direct course or at random.

vagar
Synonyms
Examples for "drift"
Examples for "drift"
1
However, industry sources said that the deadline may drift into early July.
The Irish Times
2
Get-togethers between friends often naturally drift toward other activities as interests change.
Wired
3
The intercontinental drift of consumer culture is far from a simple back-and-forth.
Wired
4
People are exposed through spray drift, residues on food and water contamination.
The Guardian
5
Type B change only by the more gradual process of antigenic drift.
Reuters
1
Dublin Corporation's new regulations to control stray horses came into effect yesterday.
The Irish Times
2
He included the lines, Among your earthiest words the angels stray .
The Irish Times
3
He was offering to forget the stray, let him come or go.
The story of edgar sawtelle
4
Record how long the chant was able to fend off stray thoughts.
Wicca Spellcraft For Men
5
There are hundreds of stray cats among the holy sites in Jerusalem.
BBC
Usage of err in English
1
Medical error is common and junior doctors are more vulnerable to err.
Pubmed
2
To err is not only human - animals can also make mistakes.
The Guardian
3
At this moment, we need to err on the side of caution.
The Guardian
4
These days, the company chooses to err on the side of caution.
Reach for Infinity
5
Again, Sir, I may err; but it will be with the Fathers.
American Eloquence, Volume 2 / Studies In American Political His...
6
Although logic might tell Liz to err on the side of caution.
The Rebel
7
Remember that in this relation the finest natures are prone to err.
The Albert Gate Mystery / Being Further Adventures of Reginald B...
8
Teams are going to err on the side of protecting that investment.
Reuters
9
Thought, however, may err either in its form or in its matter.
Deductive Logic
10
Now in this thing they did err, having not understood the scriptures.
The Book of Mormon / An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, U...
11
Living or dying I will stand err lie by you in friendship.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586c
12
Nothing is more easy than to err in our notions of magnitude.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4
13
She would not err in any way, if she could help it.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
14
Cedrenus and Nicephorus err in dating Abyssinian Christianity from Justinian, c. 542.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
But if the steersman err, he causeth the whole ship to perish.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
16
But if the king err, he causeth injury to the whole realm.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
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Translations for err
Err through the time
Err across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common