greske

Greske (greške) is the plural of greska/greška, a noun in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin meaning error or mistake. It denotes any deviation from a correct result, expectation, or standard. The term is related to the verb gresiti, to err, and to the notion of sin in some varieties; in everyday use it covers non-religious errors as well.

Orthography: standard form is greska (singular) and greške (plural). Without diacritics, greska and greske are common in casual or digital text; Cyrillic equivalents exist in standard varieties using Cyrillic.

Uses: greške occur in many contexts. In daily life, a misjudgment or faulty action is a greška. In education, greške appear in calculations or interpretations. In language, grammatičke greške or pravopisne greške refer to spelling or grammar mistakes. In science and engineering, researchers distinguish random (slučajne) and systematic (sistematske) greške; in measurement, errors affect data quality. In computing, greške u kodu are programming faults. In sports, greške describe misplays.

Types and correction: greške can be human, mechanical, cognitive, or methodological. Prevention and correction include proofreading, debugging, quality control, training, and careful design and verification. Transparent reporting of greške supports learning and improvement.

Overall, the concept of greške is used to describe deviations from expected outcomes and to guide correction across language, culture, and technical fields.