err
verb/ɜː(r)/
/er/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they err | /ɜː(r)/ /er/ |
| he / she / it errs | /ɜːz/ /erz/ |
| past simple erred | /ɜːd/ /erd/ |
| past participle erred | /ɜːd/ /erd/ |
| -ing form erring | /ˈɜːrɪŋ/ /ˈerɪŋ/ |
- to make a mistake
- To err is human…
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘wander, go astray’): from Old French errer, from Latin errare ‘to stray’.
Idioms
See err in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee err in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisherr on the side of something
- to show too much of a good quality in order to avoid showing too little
- I thought it was better to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful rather than take a risk).
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