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Meaning of 'err' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Err [ v. i.]
- To wander; to roam; to stray.
- To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
- To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
- To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
- To offend, as by erring.

Meaning of 'err' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . err [ v]
Meaning (1):
- wander from a direct course or at random
Example in sentence:
  • don't drift from the set course;
  • The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her

Nearby Words:

errable errableness errabund errancy errand errant errantia errantry errata erratic

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