Failure
11failure — ► NOUN 1) lack of success. 2) an unsuccessful person or thing. 3) the omission of expected or required action. 4) an instance or the state of not functioning …
12failure — [fāl′yər] n. [< earlier failer < Anglo Fr < OFr faillir: see FAIL] 1. the act of failing or the state or condition resulting from having failed; specif., a) a falling short b) a losing of power or strength c) a breakdown in operation or… …
13Failure — For other uses, see Failure (disambiguation). Fail redirects here. For the Irish Republican Party, see Fianna Fáil …
14failure — noun 1 lack of success ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ abject, humiliating ▪ The attempt ended in abject failure. ▪ inevitable …
15failure */*/*/ — UK [ˈfeɪljə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪljər] noun Word forms failure : singular failure plural failures 1) [countable/uncountable] a lack of success in doing something I m too proud to admit failure. end/result in failure: Their first attempt to climb Everest …
16failure — fail|ure [ feıljər ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a lack of success in doing something: I m too proud to admit failure. failure of: The failure of the talks has made the situation worse. end/result in failure: Their first attempt to climb… …
17failure — [[t]fe͟ɪljə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ failures 1) N UNCOUNT Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. This policy is doomed to failure... Three attempts on the British 200 metre record also… …
18failure — fail|ure W2S2 [ˈfeıljə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(lack of success)¦ 2¦(unsuccessful person/thing)¦ 3 failure to do something 4¦(business)¦ 5¦(machine/body part)¦ 6¦(crops)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(LACK OF SUCCESS)¦ [U and C] a lack of success in achieving or… …
19failure — /fayl yeuhr/, n. 1. an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure. 2. nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to do what one has promised; …
20failure — n. 1) to experience failure 2) an abject, complete, dismal, hopeless, miserable, outright failure 3) a box office; crop failure 4) heart failure 5) a power failure 6) a failure to + int. (the patient s failure to respond to treatment was… …
