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    error

    US /ˈɛrɚ/

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    UK /ˈerə(r)/

    A2TOEIC
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Something that is not correct; a mistake
    I made an error, there were 25 people at the meeting, not 35
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A malfunction or mistake in a computer program.
    The program encountered an error and crashed.
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A mistake in a sports play.
    The shortstop made an error, allowing the runner to advance.
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The amount by which a measurement might be wrong.
    The margin of error in the poll was 3%.
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo make a mistake.
    To err is human, to forgive divine.

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    03:42Three World Leaders To Meet With Zelenskyy Tuesday In Ukraine
    • OPERATOR ERROR.

      OPERATOR ERROR.

    B1

    The 7 Things You Can Do to Make a Relationship Work

    04:23The 7 Things You Can Do to Make a Relationship Work
    • We can fall into an error of seeing  love as a passive mysterious gift  

      We can fall into an error of seeing  love as a passive mysterious gift  

    B1

    How to Talk About Mistakes in English

    03:14How to Talk About Mistakes in English
    • If you're talking about something like math or you're talking about maybe you're using a calculator, you might say "I made an error."

      If you're talking about something like math or you're talking about maybe you're using a calculator, you might say "I made an error."

    • An error and a mistake are very similar.

      An error and a mistake are very similar.

    A2

    How Mirror Scenes Are Shot In Movies & TV | Movies Insider

    06:49How Mirror Scenes Are Shot In Movies & TV | Movies Insider
    • And this technique is also prone to human error.

      And this technique is also prone to human error.

    B1

    Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much? | Otherwords

    08:48Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much? | Otherwords
    • When I say mispronunciation, that means there's an error.

      When I say mispronunciation, that means there's an error.

    B1

    It doesn’t matter if you fail. It matters *how* you fail. | Amy Edmondson for Big Think +

    07:10It doesn’t matter if you fail. It matters *how* you fail. | Amy Edmondson for Big Think +
    • A basic failure is something in known territory where a simple error led to the failure.

      A basic failure is something in known territory where a simple error led to the failure.

    • in known territory where a simple error led to the failure.

      in known territory where a simple error led to the failure.

    B1

    Re:Zero IN 8 MINUTES

    08:50Re:Zero IN 8 MINUTES
    • (Windows Error Sound)

      (Windows Error Sound)

    B1

    Why Stupid People Think They're Smart [The Dunning-Kruger Effect]

    10:59Why Stupid People Think They're Smart [The Dunning-Kruger Effect]
    • to make unsafe driving error.

      to make unsafe driving error.

    B1

    Episode 4: They Are Otterly Adorable

    35:22Episode 4: They Are Otterly Adorable
    • Sea Otters don't do that very well and it took a lot of trial and error to kind of figure that out and for the most part if you don't have an ability to really provide that maternal care for the pups that are that are rescued it's very difficult to reintegrate them back successfully into the wild and the Monterey Bay team since the mid 80s has been trying this in various forms and they they've gone you know where they had animal care staff that were you know pretty much just totally invested in trying to do everything possible to play the part of a sea otter mom and and teach these pups everything they would need to know to be able to forage and how to find food and how to break it open and and and they you know tried a number of times to rehabilitate animals like that and release them back into the into the wild and had very little success doing that and so for a long time if there was a stranded sea otter pup it was pretty much deemed non-releasable by the US Fish and Wildlife Service pretty quickly and then if you know and then provided a home was available at a at an accredited institution of an aquarium or zoo that animal would be moved into that that sort of public display type realm but what the folks at Monterey Bay Aquarium started doing was taking some of their older females in their in their exhibit their exhibit population and essentially using them as surrogate moms for these stranded pups where they would provide one of their older females with a with a newly stranded pup to see if the female would take it under her wing for lack of better word and and start raising the pup and that became a very successful program to this day it's very successful and it's starting to branch out into into some other partner facilities that that we hope hopefully we'll be working with in the future on that as well and so but the limiting factor is the number of females that can serve as surrogates because it's a very there's only a handful of them it takes a long time and there have been years where there's more pups stranding or being either abandoned or in the case of some of the animals that we brought here to Georgia Aquarium their mothers were preyed upon by white sharks and and therefore abandoned and so if there's not enough surrogates in the in the program then those animals are deemed non-releasable and an effort is made to try and place them into into aquariums and zoos.

      Sea Otters don't do that very well and it took a lot of trial and error to kind of figure that out and for the most part if you don't have an ability to really provide that maternal care for the pups that are that are rescued it's very difficult to reintegrate them back successfully into the wild and the Monterey Bay team since the mid 80s has been trying this in various forms and they they've gone you know where they had animal care staff that were you know pretty much just totally invested in trying to do everything possible to play the part of a sea otter mom and and teach these pups everything they would need to know to be able to forage and how to find food and how to break it open and and and they you know tried a number of times to rehabilitate animals like that and release them back into the into the wild and had very little success doing that and so for a long time if there was a stranded sea otter pup it was pretty much deemed non-releasable by the US Fish and Wildlife Service pretty quickly and then if you know and then provided a home was available at a at an accredited institution of an aquarium or zoo that animal would be moved into that that sort of public display type realm but what the folks at Monterey Bay Aquarium started doing was taking some of their older females in their in their exhibit their exhibit population and essentially using them as surrogate moms for these stranded pups where they would provide one of their older females with a with a newly stranded pup to see if the female would take it under her wing for lack of better word and and start raising the pup and that became a very successful program to this day it's very successful and it's starting to branch out into into some other partner facilities that that we hope hopefully we'll be working with in the future on that as well and so but the limiting factor is the number of females that can serve as surrogates because it's a very there's only a handful of them it takes a long time and there have been years where there's more pups stranding or being either abandoned or in the case of some of the animals that we brought here to Georgia Aquarium their mothers were preyed upon by white sharks and and therefore abandoned and so if there's not enough surrogates in the in the program then those animals are deemed non-releasable and an effort is made to try and place them into into aquariums and zoos.

    B1

    Definitive Agreement - Mergers & Acquisitions

    21:41Definitive Agreement - Mergers & Acquisitions
    • So it takes a bit of trial and error, but you can find it without too much effort if you look for 8Ks issued around the date of the deal announcement, so usually a day or two after that.

      So it takes a bit of trial and error, but you can find it without too much effort if you look for 8Ks issued around the date of the deal announcement, so usually a day or two after that.

    B1