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    err
    [ər, er]
    verb
    formal
    err (verb) · errs (third person present) · erred (past tense) · erred (past participle) · erring (present participle)
    1. be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake:
      "the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible"
      • fail to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; do wrong:
        "he has erred and strayed as many of us have"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘wander, go astray’): from Old French errer, from Latin errare ‘to stray’.
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    verb
    1. be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake:
      make a mistake
      be wrong
      be in error
      be mistaken
      make a blunder
      be incorrect
      be inaccurate
      get things/something/it wrong
      bark up the wrong tree
      be wide of the mark
      blow it
      fluff something
      make a hash of something
      make a boo-boo
      drop a brick
      make a bloomer
      bugger something up
      Opposite:
      be right
     
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  2. err verb [ I ] formal us / ɝː / / er / uk / ɜː r/ Add to word list Add to word list to make a mistake or to do something wrong:
    dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/err
    Err stems from the Latin word errare, meaning “to stray, wander,” and it retained that meaning when it first entered English. We find the same Latin ancestor at the root of the words error, erratic, and erroneous.
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/err
    [ er, ur ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA verb (used without object) to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect. to go astray morally; sin: To err is human. Synonyms: lapse, transgress Archaic. to deviate from the true course, aim, or purpose.
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