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fail::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | betray |
| Type of | let down, disappoint |
His sense of smell failed him this time.
His strength finally failed him.
His children failed him in the crisis.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | go wrong, miscarry |
| Has types | foul up, fuck up, ball up, overreach, muff, muck up, miss, mishandle, blow, mess up, louse up, fall, fall flat, fall through, flop, flub, fluff, fumble, founder, take it on the chin, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, strike out, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, spoil, shipwreck, screw up |
| Derivation | failure |
Where do today's public schools fail?.
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.
fail::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | neglect |
| Has types | default on, miss, muff, lose track, default, strike out, choke |
| Derivation | failure |
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.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | crash, go down, blow, malfunction, misfire, misfunction, burn out, blow out |
| Verb group | die, decease, croak, give-up the ghost, conk, choke, pass, pass away, expire, perish, pop off, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, snuff it, go, exit, break, kick the bucket, drop dead |
| Derivation | failure |
The engine failed on the way to town.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Verb group | flunk, flush it, bomb |
| Derivation | failure, failing |
She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pass judgment, evaluate, judge |
| Verb group | flunk, flush it, bomb |
| Derivation | failing |
The teacher failed six students.
| Type | Words |
|---|
I fail to understand your motives.
fail:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | failure |
A number of banks failed that year.
Examples of fail
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Praise children for their abilities and they'll think they're dumb if they fail.
From the sacbee.com
When parents fail to teach their children, it takes a strong teacher to step in.
From the sacbee.com
If they fail, the July deadline for handing over power may have to be postponed.
From the businessweek.com
If they fail, the locomotive of the European economy might have a lot less fuel.
From the online.wsj.com
Businesses that fail to comply could face fines or license suspensions, he said.
From the stltoday.com
Let's have free markets where government doesn't bail out too-big-to-fail banks.
From the forbes.com
Can't fail to get lost in Chandigarh with all those Le Corbusier straight roads.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Fear that the Fed's QE will fail, letting the deflation genie out of the bottle.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Consumers can face punishment if they fail to secure their internet connections.
From the theaustralian.com.au
- Fail to do something; leave something undone; "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"
- Be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
- Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
- Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
- Be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
- Judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"
- Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. ...
- The Lia Fu00E1il (Irish pronunciation:u00A0, meaning Stone of Destiny), not to be confused with the Stone of Scone, is a stone at the Inauguration Mound (Irish: an Forrad) on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, which served as the coronation stone for the High Kings of Ireland. It is also known as the Coronation Stone of Tara...
- A failure, especially of a financial transaction; a failing grade in an academic examination; To be unsuccessful; Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive. ...
