English to English
fail
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noun (n)
- Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- fail to do something; leave something undone(verb.social)Example:
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib.
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account.
source: wordnet30 - be unsuccessful(verb.social)Example:
Where do today's public schools fail?.
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.
Synonym:
go wrong, miscarry
Antonym:
bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, winsource: wordnet30 - disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake(verb.emotion)Example:
His sense of smell failed him this time.
His strength finally failed him.
His children failed him in the crisis.
source: wordnet30 - judge unacceptable(verb.social)Example:
The teacher failed six students.
source: wordnet30 - fall short in what is expected(verb.social)Example:
She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.
source: wordnet30 - become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close(verb.possession)Example:
A number of banks failed that year.
source: wordnet30 - prove insufficient(verb.change)Example:
The water supply for the town failed after a long drought.
source: wordnet30 - To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.(verb)source: webster1913