Fail (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be unable; "I fail to understand your motives".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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- Louse Up
- Fumble
- Ball Up
- Bodge
- Screw Up
- Muff
- Blow
- Mishandle
- Bollocks Up
- Fluff
- Bollix
- Foul Up
- Fall Flat
- Flop
- Bollix Up
- Founder
- Spoil
- Botch Up
- Bollocks
- Muck Up
- Mess Up
- Bobble
- Bungle
- Flub
- Fuck Up
- Bumble
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Meaning 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".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 5
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Get worse; "Her health is declining".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 9
Prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 10
Judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 11
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".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.