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Definition of Fail

Fail To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. To err in judgment; to be mistaken. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent. To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert. To miss of attaining; to lose. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. Death; decease. Related Definitions: Absence, Action, Activity, Affected, Aimed, Altogether, An, Any, As, At, Attaining, Away, Baffled, Bankrupt, Be, Become, Business, By, Cease, Come, Cut, Death, Decay, Decease, Decline, Deficiency, Deficient, Degree, Desert, Desired, Deteriorate, Die, Diminished, Disappoint, Discharge, Duty, Err, Especially, Except, Expectation, Expected, Fail, Failing, Failure, Fall, Fault, For, Found, From, Fulfill, Furnished, In, Insolvent, Insufficient, Judgment, Lack, Lacking, Lose, Man, Manner, Measure, Meet, Miscarriage, Miss, Mistaken, Mostly, Not, Object, Obligation, Of, Off, One, Or, Pay, Performed, Perish, Person, Phrase, Respect, Result, Secured, Short, Sick, Sink, Superseded, Supply, The, To, Total, Unable, Up, Used, Usual, Vigor, Want, Wanting, With, Without

Fail Quotations To fail to love is not to exist at all. Mark Van Doren The only people who never fail are those who never try. Ilka Chase In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. Anthony J. D'Angelo Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin

Fail Translations fail in Dutch is floppen, in het water vallen fail in German is durchfallen, scheitern, versagen, scheitern fail in Italian is mancare, arrenare, andare fallito, abortire fail in Portuguese is falha fail in Spanish is marrar, zozobrar, fallar, desgraciar

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