Fail | Meaning of fail

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fail (verb)
To be unsuccessful.

fail (verb)
Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
The truck failed to start.

fail (verb)
To neglect.
The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.

fail (verb)
To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.

fail (verb)
To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
I failed English last year.
I failed in English last year.

fail (verb)
To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.

fail (verb)
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
The crops failed last year.

fail (verb)
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.

fail (noun)
A failure, especially of a financial transaction .

fail (noun)
A failing grade in an academic examination.

fail (noun)
A piece of turf cut from grassland.

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January 24, 2019

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Дата на публикация: 2 декември, 2023
Категория: Наука и технология
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