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31Err — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Acronyme ERR pour Estrogen related receptor, désignant en biologie un sous type de récepteur nucléaire. Toponymie Err, une commune française des Pyrénées… …
32err — errability, n. errable, adj. /err, er/, v.i. 1. to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect. 2. to go astray morally; sin: To err is human. 3. Archaic. to deviate from the true course, aim, or purpose. [1275 1325; ME erren < OF… …
33err — [14] Err, erratic [14], erroneous [14], and error [13] all go back to a prehistoric base *er , which meant ‘wandering about’ (the semantic progression from ‘wandering’ to ‘making mistakes’ is reproduced in several other quite unrelated word… …
34err on the side of caution — When uncertain about what to do, if you err on the side of cautionyou do more than what is adequate rather than take any risks. When I m not sure how much food to prepare, I tend to err on the side of caution and prepare far too much …
35err on the side of — display more rather than less of (a quality): it is better to err on the side of caution. → err …
36err — [ə:] verb be mistaken or incorrect. ↘[often as adjective erring] do wrong. Phrases err on the side of display more rather than less of (a quality): it is better to err on the side of caution. Origin ME: from OFr. errer, from L. errare to stray …
37err on the side of caution — if you err on the side of caution when you are deciding what to do, you do the thing that is safe instead of taking a risk. I decided to err on the side of caution and spend less than my full allowance …
38err — [[t]ɜr, ɛr[/t]] v. i. 1) to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken or incorrect 2) to go astray morally; sin 3) archaic to deviate from the true course or purpose • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < OF errer < L errāre; akin to OHG irrōn, Go… …
39err — [14] Err, erratic [14], erroneous [14], and error [13] all go back to a prehistoric base *er , which meant ‘wandering about’ (the semantic progression from ‘wandering’ to ‘making mistakes’ is reproduced in several other quite unrelated word… …
40err — v.intr. 1 be mistaken or incorrect. 2 do wrong; sin. Phrases and idioms: err on the right side act so that the least harmful of possible errors is the most likely to occur. err on the side of act with a specified bias (errs on the side of… …
