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What (who) is Fail - definition
STONE IN COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND
Lia Fail; Lia Fail Stone; Lia-Fail; Stone of Fal; Saxum fatale; Fáil; Inisfail; Inis Fáil; Fál; Inis Fail; Bod Fhearghais; An Lia Fail
fail
!["Failing is not a crime but lack of effort is" – sign on [[Leh]] to [[Nubra]] road](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Failure is not a crime. Sign on Leh-Nubra road.2010.jpg?width=200 "\"Failing is not a crime but lack of effort is\" – sign on [[Leh]] to [[Nubra]] road")
STATE OR EVENT OF NOT MEETING A DESIRED OR INTENDED OBJECTIVE
Fail; Commercial failures; Phail; Epic fail; FAIL; PHAIL; Epic Fail; EPIC FAIL; Unsuccess; Fail picture; Fail pictures; Fail (Internet meme); Failed; Epic failure; Fail (meme); Failboat; Failures; Commercial failure; Failing; Fail (internet meme); Major fail; Failiure
(fails, failing, failed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.
The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...
He failed in his attempt to take control of the company...
Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably...
The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
? succeed
VERB: V to-inf, V in n, V, V-ed
2.
If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful.
We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably...
He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail...
After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
? succeed
VERB: V, V, V-ed
3.
If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it. (FORMAL)
Some schools fail to set any homework...
The bomb failed to explode.
VERB: V to-inf, V to-inf
4.
If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.
The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness...
In fact many food crops failed because of the drought.
VERB: V, V
5.
If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. (BUSINESS)
So far this year, 104 banks have failed.
...a failed hotel business...
Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?
VERB: V, V-ed, V-ing
6.
If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective.
He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...
An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
VERB: V, V-ing
7.
If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.
...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.
VERB: V n
8.
If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.
If we did not report what was happening in the country, we would be failing in our duty.
VERB: V in n
9.
If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do.
For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...
Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
VERB: V n, V
10.
If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required.
I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
? pass
VERB: V n
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Fail is also a noun.
It's the difference between a pass and a fail.
N-COUNT
11.
If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it.
...the two men who had failed him during his first year of law school.
? pass
VERB: V n
12.
You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful.
If all else fails, I could always drive a truck.
PHRASE: PHR with cl
13.
You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens.
He attended every meeting without fail.
PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis]
14.
You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise.
On the 30th you must without fail hand in some money for Alex...
PHRASE: PHR with cl [emphasis]
fail
STATE OR EVENT OF NOT MEETING A DESIRED OR INTENDED OBJECTIVE
Fail; Commercial failures; Phail; Epic fail; FAIL; PHAIL; Epic Fail; EPIC FAIL; Unsuccess; Fail picture; Fail pictures; Fail (Internet meme); Failed; Epic failure; Fail (meme); Failboat; Failures; Commercial failure; Failing; Fail (internet meme); Major fail; Failiure
¦ verb
1. be unsuccessful in an undertaking.
be unable to meet the standards set by (a test).
judge (a candidate in an examination or test) not to have passed.
2. neglect to do something.
disappoint expectations: commuter chaos has failed to materialize.
3. stop working properly.
become weaker or worse.
go out of business.
4. desert or let down: her nerve failed her.
¦ noun a mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.
Phrases
without fail whatever happens.
Origin
ME: from OFr. faillir (v.), faille (n.), based on L. fallere 'deceive'.
fail
STATE OR EVENT OF NOT MEETING A DESIRED OR INTENDED OBJECTIVE
Fail; Commercial failures; Phail; Epic fail; FAIL; PHAIL; Epic Fail; EPIC FAIL; Unsuccess; Fail picture; Fail pictures; Fail (Internet meme); Failed; Epic failure; Fail (meme); Failboat; Failures; Commercial failure; Failing; Fail (internet meme); Major fail; Failiure
I. v. n.
1.
Fall short, come short, be insufficient, be deficient, be wanting.
2.
Decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, break, give out.
3.
Cease, disappear, become extinct, be wanting.
4.
Miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, be frustrated, end in smoke, come to nothing, fall stillborn, flash in the pan, miss fire, miss stays, fall to the ground.
5.
Omit, neglect.
6.
Break, become insolvent, become bankrupt, suspend payment.
II. v. a.
Disappoint, be wanting to, not be sufficient for, not answer the expectation of.
III. n.
[Used only in the expression Without fail.] Omission, neglect, failure, delinquency.
Wikipedia
Lia Fáil
The Fál (Irish: [fˠaːlˠ]) or Lia Fáil (Irish: [ˌl̠ʲiə ˈfˠaːlʲ]; "Stone of Fál") is a stone at the Inauguration Mound (Irish: an Forrad) on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, which served as the coronation stone for the King of Tara and hence High King of Ireland. It is also known as the Stone of Destiny or Speaking Stone. According to legend, all of the kings of Ireland were crowned on the stone up to Muirchertach mac Ercae, c. 500 CE.
Examples of use of Fail
1. Great, so if you do well you fail and if you fail you fail!
2. Together, we cannot fail." America, together, we cannot fail.
3. No children to fail, no losers in sport or no one to fail getting exam results.
4. As a teenager, you fail in so many things in so many ways – fail to do better at school, fail to get enough friends or lovers.
5. "If we fail to make adjustments as military leaders, we fail in our responsibilities," Bell said.