error

Definition

  • noun: something that is not correct
  • noun: an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior
  • synonyms: mistake, algol, albigensianism

Examples

  • The company has admitted that it made an 'error in judgment' [=a poor decision] in trying to expand too quickly.

  • The computer displayed an 'error message'. [=a message indicating that an error has occurred]

  • The project was a 'comedy of errors'. [=there were many errors made throughout the project]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to control, all those things... - That people are speaking? - You already know... Parents, hypocrites, political, cretin... That is an error. It is an error to go so deep with those things. You are a very young boy, an impish young boy. But I can tell you, you are a youth, (..)
    2007 Into the Wild