erring: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of erring
- referring«Word Popularity Bar5/5
refer
- verb make reference to
name; bring up; advert; mention; cite.
- His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb make reference to
- transferring4/5
transfer
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
conveyance; transportation; transport; transferral.
- noun someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
transferee.
- the best student was a transfer from LSU
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
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prefer
- verb like better; value more highly
- Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
- We prefer sleeping outside
- verb select as an alternative over another
opt; choose.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb like better; value more highly
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herring
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Clupea harangus.
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- deferring3/5
defer
- verb hold back to a later time
prorogue; set back; remit; put off; put over; shelve; table; postpone; hold over.
- let's postpone the exam
- verb yield to another's wish or opinion
give in; accede; submit; bow.
- The government bowed to the military pressure
- verb hold back to a later time
- inferring3/5
infer
- verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction
derive; deduce; deduct.
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
extrapolate; generalize; generalise.
- verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction
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confer
- verb have a conference in order to talk something over
confab; consult; confabulate.
- We conferred about a plan of action
- verb present
bestow.
- The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
- bestow an honor on someone
- verb have a conference in order to talk something over
- unerring3/5
unerring
- adjective satellite not liable to error
inerrant; inerrable.
- the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton
- lack an inerrant literary sense
- an unerring marksman
- adjective satellite not liable to error
- deterring3/5
deter
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb turn away from by persuasion
dissuade.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- derring2/5
d
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
calciferol; viosterol; cholecalciferol; vitamin D; ergocalciferol.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
five hundred; 500.
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
- interring1/5
inter
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; bury; entomb.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- disinterring1/5
disinter
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
exhume.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- averring1/5
aver
- verb report or maintain
say; allege.
- He alleged that he was the victim of a crime
- He said it was too late to intervene in the war
- The registrar says that I owe the school money
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; swan; assert; swear.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- verb report or maintain
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Derived words of erring
- herringbone«Word Popularity Bar2/5
herringbone
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- noun a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
herringbone pattern.
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- sherrington2/5
sherrington
- noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington.
- noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
- unerringly2/5
unerringly
- adverb without making errors
- he unerringly fixed things for us
- adverb without making errors
- herrings2/5
herring
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Clupea harangus.
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- derringer2/5
derringer
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- derringers1/5
derringer
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `erring`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `erring`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `erring`, some are not.
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