What does err mean?
Err means (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake..
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/ɜː/ · verb
(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake..
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
Gorbachev’s phrase, “fear to err,” is strikingly reminiscent of President Roosevelt’s phrase, “nothing to fear but fear itself.”
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
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Use err when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Err means (intransitive, formal) To make a mistake..
Common synonyms include slip, drift, stray, mistake.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
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