err
verb (used without object)
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
will err
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future tenseof err.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Meta says Instagram's new alerts - stemming from its analysis of user search patterns - may occasionally alert parents when there is no cause for concern and will "err on the side of caution".
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
“The E.C.B. will err on the side of caution,” said Oliver Rakau, chief German economist at Oxford Economics, because they are nervous about being wrong again on inflation, after previously underestimating its strength.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Right now, investors seem to be betting that the Fed will err on the side of calming the financial system rather than aggressively tackling inflation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
"There is a growing risk that central banks will err on the side of caution by overtightening," Capital Economics economist Jennifer McKeown said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2022
By Love, the reader will understand needful care and culture, but he will err in the interpretation.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
