Fault
31fault — de·fault·er; fault·age; fault; fault·ed; fault·er; fault·ful; fault·i·ly; fault·i·ness; fault·less; for·fault; de·fault; fault·ful·ly; fault·less·ly; fault·less·ness; …
32fault — n. & v. n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or other defect in an electric circuit. 3 a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done. 4 a Tennis etc. a service of the ball not in accordance with …
33fault — 01. I don t care whose [fault] it was; I just want somebody to clean up this mess! 02. It s not my [fault] that Pamela didn t come to the party; I tried to convince her to come, but she was in a bad mood. 03. You need to overlook your spouse s… …
34fault — 1. noun 1) he has his faults Syn: defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, frailty, foible, vice Ant: merit, strength 2) engineers have located …
35fault — I. noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from feminine of fallitus, past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint Date: 13th century 1. obsolete lack 2. a. weakness, failing;… …
36fault*/*/ — [fɔːlt] noun I 1) [C/U] the fact of being responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation The teacher was at fault for not telling the child s parents.[/ex] It s my fault – I forgot to give him the message.[/ex] If you didn t get enough sleep, it s …
37fault — /fɔlt / (say fawlt), /fɒlt / (say folt) noun 1. a defect or imperfection; a flaw; a failing. 2. an error or mistake. 3. a misdeed or transgression. 4. Sport an infringement of the rules which results in a warning or a penalty. 5. delinquency;… …
38fault — [[t]fɔlt[/t]] n. 1) a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing 2) responsibility for failure or a wrongful act 3) an error or mistake 4) a misdeed or transgression 5) spo (in tennis, handball, etc.) a) a ball that when served does not land in the… …
39fault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. failing, shortcoming, peccadillo; flaw, blemish, defect, imperfection; error, slip, inadvertency; sin, [venial] sin, [minor] vice. See guilt, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An imperfection] Syn. flaw …
40fault — {{11}}fault (n.) late 13c., faute, deficiency, from O.Fr. faute (12c.) opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency, from V.L. *fallita a shortcoming, falling, noun use of fem. pp., from L. falsus deceptive, feigned, spurious, pp. of… …
