English-Thai Dictionary
fail
VI ล้มเหลว ประสบ ความล้มเหลว เพลี่ยงพล้ำ ผิดพลาด เหลว ไม่ ผ่าน การ พิจารณา เจ๊ง พัง เสีย ตก ไม่ได้ผล unsuccess lom-leaol
fail
VT ผิดหวัง pid-wang
fail
VT สอบ ไม่ ผ่าน สอบตก incapable sob-mai-pan
fail in
PHRV ขาดแคลน ขาด kad-kan
fail in
PHRV ไม่ ประสบความสำเร็จ ใน เรื่อง ล้มเหลว กับ mai-pa-sob-kwam-sam-red-nai-rueang
fail of
PHRV ล้มเหลว ใน เรื่อง ไม่ ประสบความสำเร็จ จาก เรื่อง lom-luao-nai-ruang
fail-safe
ADJ ที่ ติดตั้ง ด้วย อุปกรณ์ ป้องกัน ภัย การรับประกัน ว่า ไม่มี ข้อผิดพลาด ti-tid-tang-duai-u-pa-kon-pong-kan-pai
fail-safe
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ระบบ ป้องกัน ภัย เกี่ยวกับ ระบบ เครื่องกล ที่ มี เครื่องกล สำรอง ในกร ณีที่ เครื่องกล แรก หยุด ทำงาน kiao-kab-ra-bob-pong-kan-pai
fail-safe
N อุปกรณ์ ป้องกัน ภัย u-pa-kon-pong-kan-pai
failing
N ความผิด ความอ่อนแอ shortcoming defect kwam-pid
failing
N ความล้มเหลว failure kwam-lom-leo
faille
N ผ้าแพร ทำ ด้วย ไหม pa-prae-tam-duai-mai
failure
N ความล้มเหลว lack of success kwam-lom-leo
failure
N ผู้ ที่ ล้มเหลว phu-ti-lom-leo
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FAIL
v.i.[L. fallo; Gr. whence; Eng. felony. It seems to be allied to fall, fallow, pale, and many other words. ] 1. To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply; or to be entirely wanting. We say, in a dry season, the springs and streams fail, or are failing, before they are entirely exhausted. We say also, the springs failed, when they entirely ceased to flow. Crops fail wholly or partially.
2. To decay; to decline; to sink; to be diminished. We say of a sick person, his strength fails daily.
3. To decline; to decay; to sink; to become weaker; as, the patient fails every hour.
4. To be extinct; to cease; to be entirely wanting; to be no longer produced.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Psalm 12:1.
5. To be entirely exhausted; to be wanting; to cease from supply.
Money failed in the land of Egypt. Genesis 47:15.
6. To cease; to perish; to be lost.
Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail.
7. To die.
They shall all fail together. Isaiah 31:3.
8. To decay; to decline; as, the sight fails in old age.
9. To become deficient or wanting; as, the heart or the courage fails.
1 . To miss; not to produce the effect. the experiment was made with care, but failed, or failed to produce the effect, or failed of the effect.
11. To be deficient in duty; to omit or neglect. the debtor failed to fulfil his promise.
12. To miss; to miscarry; to be frustrated or disappointed. The enemy attacked the fort, but failed in his design, or failed of success.
13. To be neglected; to fall short; not to be executed. the promises of a man of probity seldom fail.
The soul or the spirit fails, when a person is discouraged. The eyes fail, when the desires and expectations are long delayed, and the person is disappointed.
14. To become insolvent or bankrupt. When merchants and traders fail, they are said to become bankrupt. When other men fail, they are said to become insolvent.
FAIL
v.t. 1. To desert; to disappoint; to cease or to neglect or omit to afford aid, supply or strength. it is said, fortune never fails the brave. Our friends sometimes fail us, when we most need them. The aged attempt to walk, when their limbs fail them. In bold enterprises, courage should never fail the hero.
2. to omit; not to perform.
The inventive God, who never fails his part.
3. to be wanting to.
There shall never fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings 2:4.
[In the transitive use of this verb there is really an ellipsis of from or to, or other word. In strictness, the verb is not transitive, and the passive particple is, I believe, never used. ]
FAIL
n.Omission; non-performance. 1. He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites. Joshua 3:1 .
2. Miscarriage; failure; deficience; want; death.
[In these senses little used. ]
FAILANCE
n.fault; failure. Obs.
FAILING
ppr. Becoming deficient or insufficient; becoming weaker; decaying; declining; omitting; not executing or performing; miscarrying; neglecting; wanting; becoming bankrupt or insolvent.
FAILING
n. 1. The act of failing; deficiency; imperfection; lapse; fault. Failings, in a moral sense, are minor faults, proceeding rather from weakness of intellect or from carelessness, than from bad motives. But the word is often abusively applied to vices of a grosser kind.
2. The act of failing or becoming insolvent.
FAILURE
n.fa'ilyur. 1. A failing; deficience; cessation of supply, or total defect; as the failure of springs or streams; failure of rain; failure of crops.
2. Omission; non-performance; as the failure of a promise; a man's failure in the execution of a trust.
3. Decay, or defect from decay; as the failure of memory or of sight.
4. A breaking, or becoming insolvent. At the close of a war, the prices of commodities fall, and innumerable failures secceed.
5. A failing; a slight fault. [Little used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FAIL
Fail v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed; p. pr. & vb. n. Failing. ] Etym: [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 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. As the waters fail from the sea. Job xiv. 11. Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign. Shak.
2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of. If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. Berke.
3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.
4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc. ; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs. ] Had the king in his last sickness failed. Shak.
6. 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. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. Ezra iv. 22.Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. Shak.
7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired; to be baffled or frusrated. Our envious foe hath failed. Milton.
8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken. Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not. Milton.
9. 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.
FAIL
FAIL Fail, v. t.
1. To be wanting to; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert. There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings ii. 4.
2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.] Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed. Milton.
FAIL
Fail, n. Etym: [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.
2. Death; decease. [Obs. ] Shak.
FAILANCE
Fail "ance, n. Etym: [Of. faillance, fr. faillir. ]
Defn: Fault; failure; omission. [Obs. ] Bp. Fell.
FAILING
FAILING Fail "ing, n.
1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. And ever in her mind she cas about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.
2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Syn. -- See Fault.
FAILLE
Faille, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
FAILURE
Fail "ure, n. Etym: [From Fail. ]
1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
3. Want of success; the state of having failed.
4. Decau, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs. ] Johnson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fail
fail |fāl feɪl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal: he failed in his attempt to secure election | [ with infinitive ] : they failed to be ranked in the top ten. • [ with obj. ] be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview ): she failed her finals. • [ with obj. ] (of a person or a commodity ) be unable to meet the standards set by (a test of quality or eligibility ): the player has failed a drug test. • [ with obj. ] judge (someone, esp. in an examination ) not to have passed. 2 neglect to do something: [ with infinitive ] : the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings. • [ with infinitive ] behave in a way contrary to hopes or expectations by not doing something: commuter chaos has again failed to materialize. • (cannot fail to be /do something ) used to express a strong belief that something must be the case: you cannot fail to be deeply impressed. • (never fail to do something ) used to indicate that something invariably happens: such comments never failed to annoy him. • [ with obj. ] desert or let down (someone ): at the last moment her nerve failed her. 3 break down; cease to work well: a truck whose brakes had failed. • become weaker or of poorer quality; die away: the light began to fail | (as adj. failing ) : his failing health. • (esp. of a rain or a crop or supply ) be lacking or insufficient when needed or expected. • (of a business or a person ) be obliged to cease trading because of lack of funds; become bankrupt. ▶noun a grade that is not high enough to pass an examination or test. PHRASES without fail absolutely predictably; with no exception: he writes every week without fail. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French faillir (verb ), faille (noun ), based on Latin fallere ‘deceive. ’ An earlier sense of the noun was ‘failure to do or perform a duty, ’ surviving in the phrase without fail .
failed
failed |fāld feɪld | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 (of an undertaking or a relationship ) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful: a failed coup attempt. • (of a person ) unsuccessful in a particular activity, esp. not good enough to make a living by it: a failed writer. • (of a business ) unable to continue due to financial difficulties. 2 (of a mechanism ) not functioning properly; broken-down: an aircraft with a failed engine.
failing
fail ing |ˈfāliNG ˈfeɪlɪŋ | ▶noun a weakness, esp. in character; a shortcoming: pride is a terrible failing. ▶preposition in default of; in the absence of: she longed to be with him and, failing that, to be on her own.
faille
faille |fīl faɪl | ▶noun a soft, light-woven fabric having a ribbed texture and originally made of silk. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a kind of hood or veil worn by women ): from Old French. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
failover
fail o ver |ˈfālˌōvər ˈfeɪloʊvər | ▶noun Computing a method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
fail-safe
fail-safe |ˈfeɪl ˈˌseɪf | ▶adjective causing a piece of machinery or other mechanism to revert to a safe condition in the event of a breakdown or malfunction: a forklift with a fail-safe device. • unlikely or unable to fail: the computer that runs the place is supposed to be fail-safe. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a system or plan that comes into operation in the event of something going wrong or that is there to prevent such an occurrence: the secondary safety system is indeed a fail-safe.
fáilte
fáilte |ˈfɑːltə, Irish ˈfɑːlʲtʲə |Scottish & Irish ▶exclamation welcome. ▶noun an act or instance of welcoming someone. ORIGIN Irish.
failure
fail ure |ˈfālyər ˈfeɪljər | ▶noun 1 lack of success: an economic policy that is doomed to failure | the failures of his policies. • an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing: bad weather had resulted in crop failures. 2 the omission of expected or required action: their failure to comply with the basic rules. • a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality: a failure of imagination. 3 the action or state of not functioning: symptoms of heart failure | an engine failure. • a sudden cessation of power. • the collapse of a business. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses ‘nonoccurrence ’ and ‘cessation of supply ’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail ).
Oxford Dictionary
fail
fail |feɪl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal: he failed in his attempt to secure election | [ with infinitive ] : they failed to be ranked in the top ten. • [ with obj. ] be unsuccessful in (an examination or interview ): she failed her finals. • [ with obj. ] (of a person or a commodity ) be unable to meet the standards set by (a test of quality or eligibility ): a player has failed a drugs test. • [ with obj. ] judge (a candidate in an examination or test ) not to have passed. 2 neglect to do something: [ with infinitive ] : the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings. • [ with infinitive ] behave in a way contrary to expectations by not doing something: commuter chaos has again failed to materialize. • [ with obj. ] desert or let down (someone ): at the last moment her nerve failed her. 3 cease to work properly; break down: a lorry whose brakes had failed. • become weaker or of poorer quality: the light began to fail | (as adj. failing ) : his failing health. • (of rain or a crop or supply ) be insufficient when needed or expected. • (of a business or a person ) cease trading because of lack of funds. ▶noun 1 a mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test. 2 informal a mistake, failure, or instance of poor performance: their customer service is a massive fail | [ mass noun ] : his first product demo was full of fail. PHRASES without fail with no exception; always: he writes every week without fail. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French faillir (verb ), faille (noun ), based on Latin fallere ‘deceive ’. word trends: Fail is an example of an Internet-created word craze. While it has been used as a noun for some time, mainly to describe an instance of failing a test or in the phrase ‘without fail ’, the meaning of ‘a mistake, failure, or poor performance ’ is a 21st -century coinage. Probably derived from a computer game which declared 'You fail it' when a player lost, fail grew in popularity as an Internet meme, with people attaching the word to pictures showing acts of stupidity. In wider use it is often paired with intensifying adjectives such as massive, total, and epic: my first attempt at ice racing turned out to be an absolutely epic fail. Fail can also be used as a general exclamation of disgust, as the ultimate dismissal at the end of a critical statement: God, she's such a loser. FAIL.
failed
failed |feɪld | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 (of an undertaking or a relationship ) not achieving its end or not lasting; unsuccessful: a failed coup attempt. • (of a person ) unsuccessful in a particular activity: a failed writer. • (of a business ) unable to continue owing to financial difficulties. 2 (of a mechanism ) not functioning properly: an aircraft with a failed engine.
failing
fail |ing |ˈfeɪlɪŋ | ▶noun a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming: pride is a terrible failing. ▶preposition in the absence of; if not: she longed to be with him and, failing that, to be alone.
faille
faille |feɪl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a soft, light-woven fabric having a ribbed texture, originally of silk. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a kind of hood or veil worn by women ): from Old French. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
failover
fail |over ▶noun [ mass noun ] Computing a procedure by which a system automatically transfers control to a duplicate system when it detects a fault or failure.
fail-safe
fail-safe ▶adjective 1 causing a piece of machinery to revert to a safe condition in the event of a breakdown or malfunction: a forklift truck with a fail-safe device. 2 unlikely or unable to fail: there is no guaranteed fail-safe procedure. ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a system or plan that comes into operation in the event of something going wrong or that is in place to prevent such an occurrence.
fáilte
fáilte |ˈfɑːltə, Irish ˈfɑːlʲtʲə |Scottish & Irish ▶exclamation welcome. ▶noun an act or instance of welcoming someone. ORIGIN Irish.
failure
fail |ure |ˈfeɪljə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 lack of success: an economic policy that is doomed to failure. • [ count noun ] an unsuccessful person or thing: bad weather had resulted in crop failures. 2 the neglect or omission of expected or required action: their failure to comply with the basic rules. • [ count noun ] a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality: a failure of imagination. 3 the action or state of not functioning: symptoms of heart failure | [ count noun ] : a chance engine failure. • [ count noun ] a sudden cessation of power. • [ count noun ] the collapse of a business. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence ’ and ‘cessation of supply ’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
fail
fail verb 1 the enterprise had failed: be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught; informal flop, bomb. ANTONYMS succeed. 2 he has failed the final French examination: be unsuccessful in, not pass; not make the grade on; informal flunk, botch, blow, screw up, bungle. ANTONYMS pass. 3 at his lowest point, his friends failed him: let down, disappoint; desert, abandon, betray, be disloyal to; literary forsake. ANTONYMS support. 4 the crops failed: die, wither; be deficient, be insufficient, be inadequate. ANTONYMS thrive. 5 daylight failed: fade, dim, die away, wane, disappear, vanish. 6 the ventilation system failed: break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash; malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault; informal conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz. ANTONYMS work. 7 Joe's health was failing: deteriorate, degenerate, decline, fade, wane, ebb. ANTONYMS improving. 8 900 businesses are failing a week: collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, go into receivership, go into liquidation, cease trading; informal fold, flop, go bust, go broke, go belly-up. ANTONYMS thrive. PHRASES without fail without fail, Carlos leaves for lunch at 12:05 every day: without exception, unfailingly, regularly, invariably, predictably, conscientiously, religiously, whatever happens.
failing
failing noun Deborah accepted him despite his failings: fault, shortcoming, weakness, imperfection, defect, flaw, frailty, foible, idiosyncrasy, vice. ANTONYMS strength. ▶preposition failing financial assistance, you will be bankrupt: in the absence of, lacking, barring, absent, without.
failure
failure noun 1 the failure of the assassination attempt: lack of success, nonfulfillment, defeat, collapse, foundering. ANTONYMS success. 2 all his schemes had been a failure: fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster; informal flop, megaflop, washout, dead loss, snafu, clinker, dud, no-go. ANTONYMS success. 3 she was regarded as a failure: loser, underachiever, ne'er-do-well, disappointment; informal no-hoper, dead loss, dud, write-off. ANTONYMS success. 4 his failure in duty: negligence, dereliction; omission, oversight. 5 a crop failure: inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency, dearth, scarcity, shortfall. 6 the failure of the camera: breaking down, breakdown, malfunction; crash. 7 company failures: collapse, crash, bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, closure. ANTONYMS success. WORD SPECTRUM: success / failure See success Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.
Oxford Thesaurus
fail
fail verb 1 they could not explain why the enterprise had failed: be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray; informal flop, fizzle out, come a cropper, bite the dust, bomb, blow up in someone's face, go down like a lead balloon. ANTONYMS succeed. 2 he failed all his examinations: be unsuccessful in, not pass; be found wanting, be found deficient, not make the grade, not pass muster, not come up to scratch, be rejected; informal flunk. ANTONYMS pass. 3 he felt that his friends had failed him: let down, disappoint, break one's promise to, dash someone's hopes, fall short of someone's expectations; neglect, desert, abandon; betray, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, break faith with, play someone false; informal do the dirty on; N. Amer. informal bail on; archaic forsake. ANTONYMS support. 4 the crops failed: be deficient, be wanting, be lacking, fall short, be insufficient, be inadequate; not come to ripeness, wither. ANTONYMS thrive. 5 they went to bed when the daylight failed: fade, grow less, grow dim, dim, die away, dwindle, wane, disappear, vanish, peter out, dissolve. 6 the ventilation system failed: break down, break, stop working, cease to function, cut out, stop, stall, crash, give out; malfunction, act up, go wrong, develop a fault, be faulty, be defective; informal conk out, go kaput, go phut, give up the ghost, go on the blink, be on the blink; Brit. informal pack up, play up. ANTONYMS work, be in working order. 7 Ceri's health was failing: deteriorate, degenerate, decline, go into decline, fade, diminish, dwindle, wane, ebb, sink, collapse, decay. ANTONYMS improve. 8 there are 900 businesses failing a week: collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, be in the hands of the receivers, go into liquidation, cease trading, cease production, be closed, be shut down, close down, be wound up; informal fold, flop, go bust, go broke, go bump, go to the wall, go belly up. ANTONYMS thrive. ▶noun PHRASES without fail she went to Mass every Sunday without fail: without exception, unfailingly, constantly, regularly, invariably, dependably, conscientiously, reliably, faithfully, predictably, punctually, religiously, whatever happened, always; informal like clockwork.
failing
failing noun Jeanne accepted him despite his failings: fault, shortcoming, weakness, weak point, weak spot, imperfection, defect, flaw, blemish, frailty, infirmity, foible, quirk, idiosyncrasy, vice; deficiency, inadequacy, limitation. ANTONYMS strength. ▶preposition failing further financial assistance, you should declare yourself bankrupt: in the absence of, in default of, lacking, wanting, notwithstanding.
failure
failure noun 1 the failure of the assassination attempt: lack of success, non-success, non-fulfilment, abortion, miscarriage, defeat, frustration, collapse, foundering, misfiring, coming to nothing, falling through; informal fizzling out. ANTONYMS success. 2 every one of his schemes had been a failure: fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster, blunder, vain attempt, abortion, defeat; Brit. damp squib; informal flop, botch, hash, foul-up, screw-up, washout, let-down, dead loss, dead duck, lead balloon, lemon; Brit. informal cock-up, pig's ear; N. Amer. informal snafu, clinker; vulgar slang fuck-up, balls-up. ANTONYMS success. 3 I was regarded by everyone as a failure: loser, born loser, incompetent, nonachiever, underachiever, ne'er-do-well, disappointment, write-off; no one, nobody; informal no-hoper, flop, dud, non-starter, washout, dead loss, lemon. ANTONYMS success. 4 he felt guilty for what seemed like a failure in duty: negligence, remissness, non-observance, non-performance, dereliction; omission, neglect, oversight. 5 any crop failure could affect a farming business: inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency, lack, dearth, scarcity, shortfall. 6 he was puzzled by the failure of the camera: breaking down, breakdown, non-function, cutting out, seizing up; malfunction, faultiness; crash; informal conking out; Brit. informal playing up. 7 the failure of several state-owned companies: collapse, crash, going under, bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, close-down, closure, closing, shutting down, winding up, termination; decline, failing, foundering, sinking, ruin, ruination; informal folding, flop. ANTONYMS success. WORD LINKS failure kakorrhaphiaphobia fear of failure Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
Duden Dictionary
Faille
Fail le Substantiv, feminin , die |faːj od. ˈfaljə |die Faille; Genitiv: der Faille französisch Seidengewebe mit feinen Querrippen; Ripsseide
Failletine
Fail le ti ne Substantiv, feminin , die |Faillet i ne faːjə … od. faljə …|die Failletine; Genitiv: der Failletine französisch Faille einer leichten Qualität
French Dictionary
faille
faille n. f. nom féminin 1 Cassure d ’un terrain. : La faille de San Andreas est en Californie. SYNONYME crevasse . 2 figuré Point faible. : Il y a dans ton plan plusieurs failles que l ’on doit corriger. SYNONYME défaut ; faiblesse ; lacune .
failli
failli , ie adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin droit Personne qui a fait faillite.
faillibilité
faillibilité n. f. nom féminin Possibilité de faillir, de commettre une erreur.
faillible
faillible adj. adjectif Qui peut faire erreur.
faillir
faillir v. tr. ind. , intr. verbe transitif indirect littéraire Manquer à (un engagement ). : Il a failli à sa promesse. « La terre faillait aux siens, la terre éternelle et maternelle ne nourrissait plus ses fils » (Ringuet , Trente Arpents ). Note Syntaxique En ce sens, le verbe se construit avec la préposition à. verbe intransitif Être sur le point de. : Elle a failli glisser. SYNONYME manquer . Note Syntaxique Le verbe suivi de l ’infinitif se construit aujourd ’hui sans préposition. faillir Conjugaison Ce verbe s ’emploie surtout à l ’infinitif et aux temps composés.
faillite
faillite n. f. nom féminin 1 droit Situation d ’un débiteur qui ne peut plus payer ses dettes. : Cette entreprise est en faillite. Ils ont fait faillite. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom banqueroute, faillite frauduleuse. 2 figuré Échec complet. : La faillite du communisme.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
fail
fail /feɪl /〖原義は 「期待を裏切る 」; 〗↓他動詞 2 (名 )failure 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 【失敗する 】1 a. 〖fail to do 〗〈人 試みなどが 〉…し損なう , できない ▸ Scientists have failed to find a cure for the disease .科学者はまだその病気の治療法を発見できていない ▸ I fail to see [understand ] what this has to do with me .｟かたく ｠このことが私と何の関係があるのかわかりかねます (!不賛成の意見を述べる前置きとして用いられる ) b. 〈人 試み 計画などが 〉失敗する , うまくいかない (↔succeed );〖fail at A /in A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈行為 試み 事業など 〉に失敗する ▸ I tried very hard but failed miserably [completely ].必死になってやったが惨憺 （さんたん ）たる結果 [完全な失敗 ]だった ▸ I have tried and failed at every diet .あらゆるダイエットを試したがことごとく失敗した ▸ fail in one's attempt to do …しようとして失敗する c. 〈法案などが 〉否決される ▸ The measure failed on a 49 --48 vote .法案は49対48で否決された 2 〖fail (in A )〗〈人 物が 〉(A 〈科目 検査 〉で )不合格になる ▸ I did well in history but failed in math .歴史の成績は良かったが, 数学は落第点だった (!Aがexam, testの時は 他動詞 1 のほうが普通 ) ▸ “Did you pass? ” “No, I failed .”「通ったかい 」「いやだめだった 」.【怠る 】3 a. 〖fail to do 〗〈人が 〉 (当然すべきなのに )…するのを怠る , …しない ; 〈物 事が 〉 (起こるはずなのに )起こらない (!(1 )… not fail to doは ｟まれ ｠. (2 )否定形の命令文Don 't fail to doは命令口調なので 「必ず …してください 」の意味ではDon 't forget to do, Please make sure … (必ず …ください ), without fail (↓名詞 )などを使う ) ▸ Mr. Brown failed to show up in court on May 24 .ブラウン氏は5月24日に出廷しなかった ▸ He was killed after his parachute failed to open .彼はパラシュートが開かず命を落とした ▸ My granddaughter never fails to call me on my birthday .孫娘は私の誕生日には必ず電話してきてくれる (≒My granddaughter calls me on my birthday without fail. ) (!(1 )does not fail to doとは異なり, 一度限りの行為には用いない. (2 )命令文では ｟まれ ｠) .b. 〖fail in A 〗A 〈義務 責任 〉を怠る (!進行形にしない ) ▸ fail in one's duty 義務を怠る, なすべきことを行わない 【機能が停止する 】4 〈機械 器官などが 〉動かなくなる, 働かなくなる ▸ My uncle's heart failed .叔父は心不全を起こした 5 〈会社 銀行などが 〉倒産する ▸ More than 1,000 U.S. banks have failed since 1985 .1985年以来千以上のアメリカの銀行が倒産している 6 〖通例be ～ing 〗〈人 健康 力などが 〉衰える, 弱る ; 〈光 音などが 〉弱まる ▸ My eyesight and hearing are failing .視力と聴力が落ちてきた 7 〈作物が 〉育たない .8 〈物が 〉不足する, 〈供給が 〉止まる .他動詞 1 〈人 機械などが 〉〈試験 学科 検査など 〉に落ちる ▸ Of course you're not going to fail your bar exam [audition ].大丈夫, 司法試験 [オーディション ]に合格するよ ▸ fail a physical [a drug test ]健康診断 [薬物検査 ]にひっかかる (≒fail to pass a …; ↑自動詞 1 a )2 〈事 人が 〉 (いざというときに )〈人 〉の役に立たない , 期待にそむく ▸ At the last minute his courage failed him .土壇場になって彼は勇気がくじけた ▸ I've failed you. I am sorry .がっかりさせてしまいましたね . ごめんなさい ▸ Ed told me that he paid $400 for a new radio. Words fail me !｟くだけて ｠エドは新しいラジオを買うのに4百ドルも出したんだって . あきれてものも言えないよ 3 〈教師などが 〉〈生徒 〉を落とす, …に落第点を付ける ▸ I hear Ms. Johnson failed half the class .ジョンソン先生, クラスの半分を落としたんだって 名詞 C (試験の )落第点, 不可, 失格 . with ò ut f á il 1 (約束 命令を強調して )必ず, 間違いなく, 忘れずに ▸ I'll be there at 8 o'clock sharp without fail .8時きっかりに必ずそこへ行きます 2 いつも, 常に ▸ Every day without fail , she makes fun of me .毎日きまって彼女は僕のことをばかにする
failed
f á iled 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗失敗した, 破綻 （はたん ）した, うまくいかなかった ▸ a failed marriage 破綻した結婚 ▸ a failed battery 故障したバッテリー
failing
f á il ing 形容詞 破綻 （はたん ）しかけた, だめになりつつある ▸ in a failing light 次第に薄れる光の中で ▸ failing memory 衰えてきた記憶力 名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗失敗, 欠点 ; 弱点 .前置詞 …がない場合には, …がないので .
fail-safe
f à il-s á fe 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 安全機能 (付き )の 〈機械など 〉 〘一部が故障しても安全性が確保される 〙; 補助システム付きの 〈爆撃機 核兵器など 〉; 絶対安全な .2 必ず成功する 〈計画 〉.名詞 C 安全装置 [機能 ].
failure
fail ure /féɪljə r /→fail 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U «…の » 失敗 , 不成功 ; 落第 «of , in » (↔success ); 〖～ (of A ) to do 〗(A 〈人など 〉が )…できないこと ; C 敗北者, 落選者, 失敗作, 失敗した試み ▸ the line that divides success and failure 成功と失敗の分け目 ▸ a failure rate 失敗 [故障 ]率 ▸ a complete [total ] failure 完全な失敗 ▸ (an ) economic failure 経済の失速 ▸ have a sense of humo (u )r failure ｟主に英 ｠笑えない状況にある 2 U C 〖しばしばone 's ～〗 «…の » 怠慢 , 不履行 «in » ; 〖～ (of A ) to do 〗(A 〈人など 〉が )…しないこと ; «…する » 十分な能力がないこと «of » ▸ failure to wear seat belts シートベルトの締め忘れ 3 U C 不足 ; 不作 ▸ (a ) crop failure 不作 4 U C «…の » 衰弱, 衰え ; 機能停止; (機械の )故障 ; 身体の不調, 機能不全 «of, in » ▸ heart [kidney ] failure 心 [腎 （じん ）]不全 ▸ (a ) power failure 停電 5 C U 倒産 ; 権力の失墜 .6 C ｟米 ｠落第点, 不可 (｟略 ｠ F ).
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