Meaning & use

Errata

noun·Academic

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A list of errors and their corrections, typically inserted into a printed book or document after publication.

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The publisher included an errata sheet to correct several typos found after the book was printed.

Readers were directed to the errata page for updated figures in the report.

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Technically the plural of 'erratum' (a single error), though 'errata' is commonly used as a collective noun for the whole list.

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