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err [ɜ:ʳ, Am ɜ:r] VB intr

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to err is human prov
Irren ist menschlich prov
to um and err
herumdrucksen inf
to err on the side of sth
sich acc zu Gunsten einer S. gen irren
to err on the side of caution
übervorsichtig sein
to err is human to forgive divine prov
Irren ist menschlich, Vergeben göttlich
I decided to err on the side of caution and make twenty copies
ich habe mir gedacht, lieber zu viel als zu wenig, und deshalb gleich zwanzig Kopien gemacht

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Those who go wrong we should pardon and treat with compassion, since it is from ignorance that they err, being as it were blind.
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I erred in underestimating the brutality and cynicism of a regime that understands the uses of ruthlessness.
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He exhorted his followers to co-operate with the government when it was right and fearlessly oppose when it erred.
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Immediately following this exchange, he errs in diagnosing the antenna unit.
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Our doctors usually err on the side of doing anything, he told the press.
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The editors try to err on the side of inclusion, so that if there is a question, a book usually can be included.
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Because the question was at least debatable, the state supreme court erred in substituting its judgment for the legislature's.
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Like other promise problems, the algorithm is allowed to err on all other cases.
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The team sent to recover the plane erred when they chopped off the wings, severing the wing spars and rendering the hulk unflyable.
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Studies of business ethics indicate that most wrongdoing is not due directly to wickedness but is performed by people who did not plan to err.
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