Err
verb
To make a mistake, to do something wrong.
It's human to err; everybody makes mistakes.
Often appears as...
- to err is human
- err on the side of caution
verb
To behave wrongly.
The court erred in convicting the defendant.
Often appears as...
- err in law
- err in fact
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
verb
To make a mistake, to do something wrong.
It's human to err; everybody makes mistakes.
Often appears as...
- to err is human
- err on the side of caution
verb
To behave wrongly.
The court erred in convicting the defendant.
Often appears as...
- err in law
- err in fact
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common Phrases
Learn common expressions with 'err' to sound natural in conversation.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Context
'Err on the side of caution' means to be especially careful rather than taking a risk.
I'll err on the side of caution and bring an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3Judgment Errors
Using 'err' can imply a poor decision or error in judgment.
He erred in trusting the unreliable data.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Phrases
Learn common expressions with 'err' to sound natural in conversation.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Context
'Err on the side of caution' means to be especially careful rather than taking a risk.
I'll err on the side of caution and bring an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3Judgment Errors
Using 'err' can imply a poor decision or error in judgment.
He erred in trusting the unreliable data.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Phrases
Learn common expressions with 'err' to sound natural in conversation.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Pro Tip 2/3Caution Context
'Err on the side of caution' means to be especially careful rather than taking a risk.
I'll err on the side of caution and bring an umbrella.
Pro Tip 3/3Judgment Errors
Using 'err' can imply a poor decision or error in judgment.
He erred in trusting the unreliable data.
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Video examples
Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
for perfect scientific certainty. Better to err on the side of caution. More overt, the burden of proving that a practice is safe should not be placed on the public that would be harmed, but rather on the industry that stands to profit. But climate policy in the wealthy world --
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On positive psychology -...
things the first was moral that psychologists and psychiatrists became victimology pathologize errs that our view of human nature was that if you were in trouble bricks fell on you and we forgot that people made choices and decisions we forgot responsibility that was the first
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Why sleep matters now...
words are usually the best sort of soporific name known to err to women and men and I think the last two pieces of advice beyond and that really is a powerful one is is just please stop give yourself a break and stop trying that can be really helpful because you know
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Craig Venter unveils...
we were criticized for not trying to say something more profound than just signing the work. So we won't give the rest of the code, but we will give the three quotations. The first is, "To live, to err, to fall, to triumph and to recreate life out of life."
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Pen Pal Experiment: Two...
what was I doing was I bored was i hungry was i late I finally realized during our week of gathering data on the urban wildlife we saw around us each week isn't a scientific comprehensive survey of every single animal I pass by err every
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How to fool a GPS - Todd...
looming conflict between privacy on the one hand and the need for a clean radio spectrum on the other we simply cannot tolerate GPS jammers and spoof errs and yet given the lack of effective legal means for protecting our privacy from
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
will debates because they both want nutrients from the grasses although a zebra will attend it to eat oops sorry zebra will tend to eat the different grasses to the worldA beasts which kind of clears them out and allows that err
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Designing for a more...
needed in every sector and in every scenario to combat people that are developing systems of oppression and exclusion we need to build a community of redesign errs for justice and my organization we are training black and
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Laura Schulz: The...
because left to our own devices, humans are fallible, we take shortcuts, we err, we make mistakes, we're biased, and in innumerable ways, we get the world wrong.
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Panda Bear Marks...
their whole body positively hums without errs
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
for perfect scientific certainty. Better to err on the side of caution. More overt, the burden of proving that a practice is safe should not be placed on the public that would be harmed, but rather on the industry that stands to profit. But climate policy in the wealthy world --
Video examples
On positive psychology -...
things the first was moral that psychologists and psychiatrists became victimology pathologize errs that our view of human nature was that if you were in trouble bricks fell on you and we forgot that people made choices and decisions we forgot responsibility that was the first
Video examples
Why sleep matters now...
words are usually the best sort of soporific name known to err to women and men and I think the last two pieces of advice beyond and that really is a powerful one is is just please stop give yourself a break and stop trying that can be really helpful because you know
Video examples
Craig Venter unveils...
we were criticized for not trying to say something more profound than just signing the work. So we won't give the rest of the code, but we will give the three quotations. The first is, "To live, to err, to fall, to triumph and to recreate life out of life."
Video examples
Pen Pal Experiment: Two...
what was I doing was I bored was i hungry was i late I finally realized during our week of gathering data on the urban wildlife we saw around us each week isn't a scientific comprehensive survey of every single animal I pass by err every
Video examples
How to fool a GPS - Todd...
looming conflict between privacy on the one hand and the need for a clean radio spectrum on the other we simply cannot tolerate GPS jammers and spoof errs and yet given the lack of effective legal means for protecting our privacy from
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
will debates because they both want nutrients from the grasses although a zebra will attend it to eat oops sorry zebra will tend to eat the different grasses to the worldA beasts which kind of clears them out and allows that err
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Designing for a more...
needed in every sector and in every scenario to combat people that are developing systems of oppression and exclusion we need to build a community of redesign errs for justice and my organization we are training black and
Video examples
Laura Schulz: The...
because left to our own devices, humans are fallible, we take shortcuts, we err, we make mistakes, we're biased, and in innumerable ways, we get the world wrong.
Video examples
Panda Bear Marks...
their whole body positively hums without errs
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Quote examples
Elon Musk
South African Businessman
It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.
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Norman Geisler
American Theologian
Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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Stephen Jay Gould
American Scientist
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.
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Roone Arledge
American Journalist
I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
The wisest of the wise may err.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.
Quote examples
Norman Geisler
American Theologian
Aquinas is worth reading. He has stood the test of time. And even where he errs, you can learn more from the errors of a great mind than you can learn from the truths of a small mind. You can see a whole lot farther standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Quote examples
Stephen Jay Gould
American Scientist
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.
Quote examples
Roone Arledge
American Journalist
I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Quote examples
Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
The wisest of the wise may err.
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