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Meanings of error in English

Russian
ошибка
Portuguese
falha
Spanish
falta
Catalan
equivocat
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Action or proposition which is inaccurate or incorrect, that could result in failure or deviation from the intended performance or behaviour.

ошибка
Portuguese
erro
Catalan
error
Spanish
falacia

Inadvertent incorrectness.

erro
Portuguese
erro
Spanish
error

A misconception resulting from incorrect information.

erro
Portuguese
erro
Catalan
error

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

erro
Usage of error in English
1
However, questionnaire data can be affected by response error and response burden.
Pubmed
2
The fundamental error is the popular faith in the high protein ration.
Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at t...
3
You can use technology as far as possible to eliminate human error.
The Irish Times
4
Yet no number of replay viewings reveals a clear and obvious error.
The Guardian
5
That said; a potential commotion could revolve around someone's problem or error.
The South African
6
He said it was isolated event and a result of human error.
Reuters
7
Agilyst's services include critical error identification, customer experience analysis and end-user support.
Reuters
8
But in this, as we know, the Duchess was in grave error.
If Only etc.
9
Sunday's text message error was the latest gaffe by the immigration minister.
The Guardian
10
JPMorgan notified the state of the error on Thursday, the statement said.
Reuters
11
General Grant first thought I was in error in supposing that Jeff.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 2
12
Sealord said the offending was unintentional and the result of human error.
Radio NZ
13
But as soon as he'd said the words he recognized his error.
Zeitoun
14
We present here a new general method for adjusting for covariate error.
Pubmed
15
Two patients received a delayed diagnosis as a result of the error.
The Irish Times
16
In November last year, they ruled out another potential source of error.
The Guardian
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Error through the time
Error across language varieties
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Common
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
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