err

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /eə/ or /ɜː/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɛr/ or /ɝ/
• Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, heir

Verb

Plain form err

Third-person singular errs

Past tense erred

Past participle erred

Present participle erring

1. (intransitive) If you err, you make a mistake; you do something wrong.
   • Synonym: mess up

   When I was adding information into the database, I erred in keying in the values for the wrong column.

2. (intransitive) If you err, you sin.
   • Synonym: sin
3. (old, no longer used) If you err, you stray.

Related words

• error