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

  • (..) Yeah, just what I was thinking. A trio of trespassers!! And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error. Eh heh heh... Whoa, whoa, wait wait wait... I know you. You're Mufasa's little stooge. I, madam, am the king's majordomo. And that would make you...? The future king. (..)
    1994 The Lion King