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Word: fail (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a failing grade in an academic examination
  • a failure, especially of a financial transaction

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Verb:

  • of a machine, etc. To cease to operate correctly.
  • intransitive To be unsuccessful.
  • intransitive To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
  • transitive Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
  • transitive To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
  • transitive To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
  • transitive To neglect.

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