ERRORPronunciation (US): Dictionary entry overview: What does error mean? ? ERROR (noun) The noun ERROR has 7 senses:1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention2. inadvertent incorrectness3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed5. departure from what is ethically acceptable6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer7. part of a statement that is not correct Familiarity information: ERROR used as a noun is common.