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1. (v.i.) err
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken or incorrect.
2. err
to go astray morally; sin.
3. err
Archaic. to deviate from the true course or purpose.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < OF errer < L errāre; akin to OHG irrōn, Go airzjan)
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1. (verb) err, mistake, slip
to make a mistake or be incorrect
2. (verb) stray, err, drift
wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
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1. (verb) err
to wander; to roam; to stray
2. (verb) err
to deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at
3. (verb) err
to miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken
4. (verb) err
to deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin
5. (verb) err
to offend, as by erring
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Sense: to make a mistake; to be wrong; to do wrong.
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 Afrikaans: fouteer |
 Arabic: يُخْطِئ |
 Bulgarian: греша |
 Brazilian: errar |
 Czech: chybovat, mýlit se |
 German: sich irren |
 Danish: fejle; begå fejl |
 Greek: σφάλλω |
 Spanish: errar, equivocarse |
 Estonian: eksima |
 Farsi: اشتباه کردن |
 Finnish: erehtyä |
 French: (se) tromper |
 Hebrew: לִטעוֹת |
 Hindi: गलती करना |
 Croatian: griješiti |
 Hungarian: téved |
 Indonesian: membuat kesalahan |
 Icelandic: skjátlast, hafa rangt fyr |
 Italian: errare |
 Japanese: 誤る |
 Korean: 잘못을 범하다 |
 Lithuanian: klysti |
 Latvian: kļūdīties |
 Malay: membuat kesilapan |
 Dutch: zich vergissen |
 Norwegian: feile, ta feil, gjøre gal |
 Polish: błądzić |
 Persian: اشتباه کردن |
 Pashto: لطېدل، خطا كېدل، تېروتل ګ |
 Portuguese: errar |
 Romanian: a greşi |
 Russian: ошибаться; заблуждаться |
 Slovak: (po)mýliť sa |
 Slovenian: motiti se |
 Serbian: grešiti |
 Swedish: missta sig, göra fel |
 Thai: ทำผิด |
 Turkish: yanılmak, hata yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 犯錯誤 |
 Ukrainian: помилятися, хибити |
 Urdu: غلطی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: sai lầm |
 Chinese: 犯错误 |
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