How to pronounce err

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What err means

verb

To make a mistake or a wrong choice

In a sentence: Even good spellers err now and then, so always check your work.

Where it comes from: It came through French from a Latin word meaning to wander or stray. A mistake was thought of as wandering off the right path.

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