Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - err
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Err
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(errs, erring, erred) 1. If you err, you make a mistake. (FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates... If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again. VERB: V in n, V 2. If you err on the side of caution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks. They may be wise to err on the side of caution... He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side. PHRASE: V inflects
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1.
intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~are to wander, ~; akin to Old English i~e wandering, perverse, Gothic airzeis deceived Date: 14th century 1. archaic stray 2. a. to make a mistake ~ed in his calculations ~ed on the side of caution b. to violate an accepted standard of conduct ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.intr. 1 be mistaken or incorrect. 2 do wrong; sin. Phrases and idioms err on the right side act so that the least harmful of possible errors is the most likely to occur. err on the side of act with a specified bias (errs on the side of generosity). Etymology: ME f. OF errer f. L errare stray: rel. to Goth. airzei error, airzjan lead astray ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. ошибаться, заблуждаться to err is human —- человеку свойственно ошибаться to err in one's judgement of circumstances —- неправильно оценить обстоятельства to err on the side of smth. —- ошибаться в какую-либо сторону it is best to err on the sager side —- всегда лучше перестраховаться he does not err on the side of modesty —- его нельзя упрекнуть в излишней скромности 2. грешить, совершать прегрешение to err out of ingorance —- согрешить по неведению 3. сбиваться с пути; отклоняться (от цели, взятого курса) to err from the straight path —- сбиться с правильного пути ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) ошибаться, заблуждаться to err is human - человеку свойственно ошибаться 2) грешить 3) obs. блуждать ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ v 1 err on the side of caution to be too careful rather than risk making mistakes 2 formal or old use a word meaning to make a mistake ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
NASA abbr. Engineering Research Report mil. abbr. Engineering Research Report airport code Errol, New Hampshire USA file ext. abbr. Error log sport abbr. Ellis River Riders sport abbr. Error gen. bus. abbr. Employment Responsibilities And Rights gen. bus. abbr. Engineering Research Report account. abbr. External Rate Of Return ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 13c., from O.Fr. errer, from L. errare "wander," from PIE base *er- "wander around." Related to O.E. ierre "angry, straying." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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