error
♦ er|ror /'erər/ (errors)
1 [N-VAR] oft N prep
An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.
NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations...
MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment.
2 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment.
The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
3 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly.
I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways.
1 [N-VAR] oft N prep
An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.
NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations...
MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment.
2 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment.
The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
3 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly.
I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways.