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errerr /ɛr, ɚ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYerrOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French errer, from Latin errare VERB TABLEerr |
Present | I, you, we, they | err | | he, she, it | errs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | erred | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have erred | | he, she, it | has erred | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had erred | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will err | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have erred |
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Present | I | am erring | | he, she, it | is erring | | you, we, they | are erring | Past | I, he, she, it | was erring | | you, we, they | were erring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been erring | | he, she, it | has been erring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been erring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be erring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been erring |
1err on the side of caution/mercy etc. to be more careful, safe, etc. than is necessary rather than risk making a mistake2formal to make a mistake: The editors now admit that they erred in their decision.3to err is human (to forgive, divine) used to say that it is very easy to make mistakes, so we should all try to forgive them |