fail

fail: fail vi

1: to be or become inadequate or unsuccessful esp. in fulfilling certain formal requirements

even though one or more terms are left open a contract for sale does not fail for indefiniteness — Uniform Commercial Code

2: to become bankrupt or insolvent

vt: to leave undone or neglect to do

fail to appear in court

fail to read a contract

fail: I (lose) verb be defeated, be demoted, be unsuccessful, become bankrupt, become insolvent, botch, bungle, cadere, collapse, come short, come to naught, come to nothing, concidere, crash, decline, deficere, deteriorate, disappoint, dishonor, err, fall short, flunk, fold, go out of business, go under, lose, miscarry, miss the mark, not succeed, prove inadequate, prove unsatisfactory, prove useless, succumb II (neglect) verb abandon, avoid, break one's promise, break one's word, desert, evade, forsake, ignore, leave, let one down, mismanage, miss, miss an opportunity, omit, prove unreliable, shirk associated concepts: fail to act, fail to appear, fail to comply III index decay, default, disappoint, ebb, languish, lapse (fall into error), lose (undergo defeat), mismanage, neglect, perish, succumb

fail: v.
To be unsuccessful at something; to be deficient; to be unable to meet obligations; to lapse (a legacy).
n.
failure

fail: v. To break; not to succeed in reaching a standard or goal; to perform ineptly or faultily; to become bankrupt.

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Fail — (f[=a]l) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Failed} (f[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Failing}.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive, akin to E. fall. See {Fail}, and cf. {Fallacy}, {False}, {Fault}.] 1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fail — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fail Freguesia de Portugal … Wikipedia Español
fail — fail·ing·ly; fail; fail·ure; jeo·fail; un·fail·ing; un·fail·ing·ly; un·fail·ing·ness; … English syllables
Fail — Fail, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.] 1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; mostly superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase without fail. His highness fail of issue. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Death; decease.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fail — [fāl] vi. [ME failen < OFr faillir, to fail, miss < L fallere, to deceive, disappoint < IE base * ĝhwel , to bend, deviate > Sans hválati, (he) loses the way, errs, Gr phēloein, to deceive] 1. to be lacking or insufficient; fall short … English World dictionary
FAIL (N. du) — FAIL NOËL DU, seigneur de La Hérissaye (1520 1591) Magistrat breton, conseiller au parlement de Bretagne après des études qui lui ont fait faire un traditionnel tour de France des universités: Poitiers, Angers, Bourges et Avignon. Après avoir… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fail — Fail, v. t. 1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert. [1913 Webster] There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings ii. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.] [1913 Webster] Though that seat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fail — early 13c., from O.Fr. falir (11c., Mod.Fr. faillir) be lacking, miss, not succeed, from V.L. *fallire, from L. fallere to trip, cause to fall; figuratively to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude; fail, be lacking or defective. Related: Failed;… … Etymology dictionary
fail — [v1] be unsuccessful abort, backslide, back wrong horse*, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking*, be in vain*, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat*, fall short*, fall through* … New thesaurus
fail — ► VERB 1) be unsuccessful in an undertaking. 2) be unable to meet the standards set by (a test). 3) judge (a candidate in an examination or test) not to have passed. 4) neglect to do. 5) disappoint expectations: chaos has failed to materialize.… … English terms dictionary

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