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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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