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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fail"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be unsuccessful in accomplishing something
Intransitive
to fail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The experiment failed due to unforeseen complications.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be unsuccessful in an examination or course
Transitive: to fail an examination or course
to fail definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I worked extra hours to avoid failing the important project.
āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϰ āύāĻž

to not carry out or fulfill an expected action or responsibility
Transitive: to fail to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often fails to submit his assignments on time, frustrating his teachers.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disappoint or abandon someone by not meeting their expectations or providing support
Transitive: to fail sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leader vowed never to fail his people, even in the toughest circumstances.
āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖāϕ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ“āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop functioning correctly or completely break down
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her phone failed just when she needed to make an important call.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž

to be unable to do something or achieve a desired outcome
Transitive: to fail to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He failed to meet the deadline despite working overtime.
āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāϟāĻžāχāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lose strength or quality over time, becoming less effective or reliable
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over the years, the bridge ’s structural integrity started to fail.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be inadequate or unavailable when needed or expected
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the water supply failed, residents were forced to ration what little they had.
āϜāϞ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻž āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop operating or trading due to financial bankruptcy
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many small businesses fail within their first year of operation.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to determine that someone has not met the required standard in an examination or test
Transitive: to fail a candidate or examinee
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was devastated when she learned that the panel had failed her on the driving test.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻĢāϞ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to not succeed in reaching a desired objective or goal
Intransitive: to fail in an effort
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She failed in her attempt to climb the mountain due to harsh weather.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ

a mistake or unsuccessful act
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite his efforts, his attempt to climb the mountain ended in a fail.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āφāϰ⧋āĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϞ

a grade below the passing standard, indicating insufficient performance or mastery of the subject matter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His chemistry paper showed a fail, disappointing him.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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