errata
Americannoun
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plural of erratum.
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a list of errors and their corrections inserted, usually on a separate page or slip of paper, in a book or other publication; corrigenda.
noun
Usage
Errata is originally the plural of the singular Latin noun erratum. Like many such borrowed nouns ( agenda; candelabra ), it came by the mid-17th century to be used as a singular noun, meaning “a list of errors or corrections to be made (in a book).” Despite objections by some to this singular use, it is common in standard English: The errata begins on page 237. When errata clearly means “errors,” it takes plural verbs and pronouns: Although errata were frequent in the first printing, most of them were corrected in subsequent printings. As a singular noun, errata has developed an English plural form erratas, which is rarely used.
Etymology
Origin of errata
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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“Working with Science editorial, Tessier-Lavigne prepared Errata for both papers. However, due to an error on our part, Science never posted these Errata,” Thorp said in the statement.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
“It's not clear which parts of Kronos he actually is accused of writing,” says Errata Security researcher Robert David Graham, who has worked on similar software components in the past.
From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2017
There is Bára Gísladóttir, an Icelandic composer and double bassist who has performed with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and isa member of the Swedish-Icelandic composers’ collective Errata.
From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2016
The Errata edition also started me rethinking and while I had always turned down the offers to do a facsimile edition I now did want to do something.
From Time • Jan. 27, 2016
Volume I contains a folded plate of the Siege of Colchester in 1648, and consists of three letters, with separate pagination and signatures, the last leaf containing Addenda and Errata.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
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