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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fail
fail
v 1: 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” [syn:
neglect]
2: be unsuccessful;
“Where do today's public schools fail?”;
“The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably”
[syn:
go wrong,
miscarry] [ant:
succeed]
3: 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” [syn:
betray]
4: 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” [syn:
go bad,
give way,
die,
give out
,
conk out,
go,
break,
break down]
5: be unable;
“I fail to understand your motives” [ant:
pull off
]
6: judge unacceptable;
“The teacher failed six students” [ant:
pass]
7: fail to get a passing grade;
“She studied hard but failed
nevertheless”;
“Did I fail the test?” [syn:
flunk,
bomb,
flush it] [ant:
pass]
8: fall short in what is expected;
“She failed in her
obligations as a good daughter-in-law”;
“We must not fail
his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust”
9: become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;
“The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired
cheap Mexican labor”;
“A number of banks failed that year”
10: prove insufficient;
“The water supply for the town failed
after a long drought” [syn:
run out,
give out]
11: get worse;
“Her health is declining”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fail
Fail
\Fail\ (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Failed (f[=a]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum,
to deceive, akin to E. fall. See
Fail, and cf.
Fallacy,
False,
Fault.]
1. 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.
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As the waters fail from the sea. --Job xiv. 11.
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Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.
--Shak.
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2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be
deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
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If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be
attributed to their size. --Berke.
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3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay;
to sink.
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When earnestly they seek
Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.
--Milton.
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4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources,
etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
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5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]
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Had the king in his last sickness failed. --Shak.
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6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to
be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not
to fulfill expectation.
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Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. --Ezra
iv. 22.
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Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
--Shak.
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7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired;
to be baffled or frusrated.
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Our envious foe hath failed. --Milton.
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8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps
Shall grieve him, if I fail not. --Milton.
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9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to
be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business
obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent; as, many
credit unions failed in the late 1980's.
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Fail
\Fail\, v. t.
1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
to desert.
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There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. --1
Kings ii. 4.
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2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]
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Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed.
--Milton.
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Fail
\Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See
Fail, v. i.]
1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by
failure or
failing, except in the phrase
without fail.
“His highness' fail of issue.” --Shak.
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2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.
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