Collocations for "error"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "error" in context.
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error
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [major, significant, huge, noticeable, glaring] error
- a [slight, minor, small] error
- [factual, statistical, system] errors
- [grammatical, language, speaking, spelling] errors
- correct errors in the [homework, tests, essays]
- the [homework] was full of (grammatical) errors
- [made, had] [no, several] errors on his [homework]
- didn't [make] a single error on her [homework]
- the teacher corrected the [student's, homework] errors
- made an error in [division, calculation, addition]
- spot errors in the [report, article, text]
- find errors in the [program, game, software, system]
- mark it down as a [human, mechanical, technical] error
- human error was [ruled out, discarded, considered]
- the errors that [led to, caused] the accident
- the error that led to the [goal, leak, disaster]
- it was just an [honest, innocent] error
- was an error in judgment
- was [a costly, an expensive] error
- was done by trial and error
- get an error when I [login, open the program]
- allow for a margin of error
- an error message [appeared, popped up]
- I keep getting an error message
- spend time on error correction
'error' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admit
- bill
- catch
- cause
- explain
- flag
- forgive
- mark
- miss
- notice
- perfect
- point
- prove
- recognize
- report
- see
- sight
- blame
- can
- doing
- fault
- invoice
- trial
- threshold
- responsibility
- message
- system
- but for
- capital
- common
- critical
- expensive
- major
- overflow
- transmission
- compensation
- correction
- culprit
- detection
- margin
- scheduling
- billing
- minor
- oblivious
- owing
- primarily
- prone
- slim
- wholly
- careless