fail - Meaning in Sanskrit

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fail - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of fail in English

fail verb

1. get worse

   Example

   • "Her health is declining"
2. stop operating or functioning

   Synonyms

   break down, break, conk out, die, die, give out, give way, go bad, go, go

   Examples

   • "her eyesight went after the accident"
   • "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
   • "The car died on the road"
   • "The coffee maker broke"
   • "The engine failed on the way to town"
   • "The engine finally went"
3. prove insufficient

   Synonyms

   give out, run out

   Example

   • "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
4. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

   Synonyms

   betray, betray

   Examples

   • "His children failed him in the crisis"
   • "His sense of smell failed him this time"
   • "His strength finally failed him"
5. become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

   Examples

   • "A number of banks failed that year"
   • "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
6. fall short in what is expected

   Examples

   • "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
   • "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
7. fail to get a passing grade

   Synonyms

   bomb, flunk, flush it

   Examples

   • "Did I fail the test?"
   • "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
8. judge unacceptable

   Example

   • "The teacher failed six students"
9. be unsuccessful

   Synonyms

   go wrong, miscarry

   Examples

   • "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
   • "Where do today's public schools fail?"
10. fail to do something; leave something undone

    Synonyms

    neglect

    Examples

    • "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
    • "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
11. be unable

    Example

    • "I fail to understand your motives"

Synonyms of fail

• break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad
• give out, run out
• betray
• bomb, flunk, flush it
• go wrong, miscarry
• neglect

Antonyms of fail

make it, pass, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win, bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off

Description

Failure is the social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and is usually viewed as the opposite of success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person might consider a failure what another person considers a success, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a failure, another might consider to be a success, a qualified success or a neutral situation.

Also see "Failure" on Wikipedia

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