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Overview of verb fail

      »   The verb fail has 11 meanings (first 5 from tagged texts)

• fail, Neglect1.) Disregard, neglect -- (lack of attention and due care)
  
  2.) Neglect, disuse -- (the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect")
  
  neglect -- (fail to do Something1.) Something -- (a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?")
  
  something; leave Something1.) Something -- (a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?")
  
  something undone; "She failed to Notice1.) Notice -- (an announcement containing information about a future event; "you didn't give me enough notice")
  
  2.) Notice, observation, observance -- (the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police")
  
  notice that her Child1.) Child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters")
  
  2.) Child, kid -- (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college")
  
  child was no Longer1.) Longer, thirster, yearner -- (a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge")
  
  1.) Long -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
  
  longer in his crib"; "The Secretary1.) Secretary -- (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)
  
  2.) Secretary, secretarial assistant -- (an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization)
  
  secretary failed to Call1.) Call, phone call, telephone call -- (a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call")
  
  2.) Call -- (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call")
  
  call the Customer1.) Customer, client -- (someone who pays for goods or services)
  
  1.) Custom-made, customized, custom, customised -- (made according to the specifications of an individual)
  
  customer and the Company1.) Company -- (an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage")
  
  2.) Company, troupe -- (organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel")
  
  company lost the account")

• fail, Go1.) Go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")
  
  2.) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
  
  go wrong, Miscarry1.) Fail, go wrong, miscarry -- (be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably")
  
  2.) Miscarry -- (suffer a miscarriage)
  
  miscarry -- (be Unsuccessful1.) Unsuccessful -- (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome)
  
  2.) Abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful -- (failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President")
  
  unsuccessful; "Where do today's Public1.) Populace, public, world -- (people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public")
  
  2.) Public -- (a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public")
  
  public schools fail?"; "The Attempt1.) Attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try -- (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try")
  
  2.) Attack, attempt -- (the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life")
  
  attempt to Rescue1.) Rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving -- (recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives")
  
  1.) Rescue, deliver -- (free from harm or evil)
  
  rescue the Hostages1.) Hostage, surety -- (a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms)
  
  hostages failed miserably")

• fail, Betray1.) Betray, bewray -- (reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings")
  
  2.) Betray, sell -- (deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country")
  
  betray -- (Disappoint1.) Disappoint, let down -- (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage")
  
  disappoint, prove Undependable1.) Unreliable, undependable -- (not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant")
  
  2.) Undependable, unreliable -- (liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization")
  
  undependable to; Abandon1.) Abandon, wantonness, unconstraint -- (the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon")
  
  2.) Wildness, abandon -- (a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger")
  
  abandon, forsake; "His sense of Smell1.) Smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception -- (the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses")
  
  2.) Olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent -- (any property detected by the olfactory system)
  
  smell failed him this time"; "His Strength1.) Strength -- (the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength")
  
  2.) Military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture -- (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture")
  
  strength finally failed him"; "His Children1.) Child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters")
  
  2.) Child, kid -- (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college")
  
  children failed him in the crisis")

• fail, Go1.) Go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")
  
  2.) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
  
  go bad, Give1.) Give, spring, springiness -- (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
  
  1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  give way, Die1.) Dice, die -- (small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers)
  
  2.) Die -- (a device used for shaping metal)
  
  die, give out, Conk1.) Conk -- (informal term for the nose)
  
  1.) Stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway")
  
  conk out, Go1.) Go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")
  
  2.) Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
  
  go, break, Break1.) Interruption, break -- (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt")
  
  2.) Break, good luck, happy chance -- (an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break")
  
  break down -- (Stop1.) Stop, halt -- (the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill")
  
  2.) Stop, stoppage -- (the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood")
  
  stop operating or Functioning1.) Operation, functioning, performance -- (process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards")
  
  1.) Function, work, operate, go, run -- (perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore")
  
  functioning; "The Engine1.) Engine -- (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)
  
  2.) Engine -- (something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change")
  
  engine finally went"; "The Car1.) Car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar -- (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work")
  
  2.) Car, railcar, railway car, railroad car -- (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails")
  
  car died on the road"; "The Bus1.) Bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle -- (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work")
  
  2.) Bus topology, bus -- (the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar)
  
  bus we Travelled1.) Travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell")
  
  2.) Travel, journey -- (undertake a journey or trip)
  
  travelled in Broke1.) Interrupt, break -- (terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty")
  
  2.) Break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
  
  broke down on the Way1.) Manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion")
  
  2.) Means, agency, way -- (how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success")
  
  way to town"; "The Coffee1.) Coffee, java -- (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee")
  
  2.) Coffee, coffee tree -- (any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans)
  
  coffee maker broke"; "The Engine1.) Engine -- (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)
  
  2.) Engine -- (something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change")
  
  engine failed on the Way1.) Manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion")
  
  2.) Means, agency, way -- (how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success")
  
  way to town"; "her Eyesight1.) Eyesight, seeing, sightedness -- (normal use of the faculty of vision)
  
  eyesight went After1.) After -- (located farther aft)
  
  1.) Subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on -- (happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that")
  
  after the accident")

• fail -- (be Unable1.) Unable -- ((usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds")
  
  2.) Unable -- ((usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow")
  
  unable; "I fail to Understand1.) Understand -- (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means")
  
  2.) Understand, realize, realise, see -- (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea")
  
  understand your motives")

• fail -- (Judge1.) Judge, justice, jurist, magistrate -- (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
  
  2.) Evaluator, judge -- (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)
  
  judge unacceptable; "The Teacher1.) Teacher, instructor -- (a person whose occupation is teaching)
  
  2.) Teacher -- (a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher")
  
  teacher failed Six1.) Six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad -- (the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one)
  
  1.) Six, 6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen -- (denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units)
  
  six students")

• fail, Flunk1.) Failing, flunk -- (failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report")
  
  1.) Fail, flunk, bomb, flush it -- (fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?")
  
  flunk, bomb, Flush1.) Flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush -- (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)
  
  2.) Bloom, blush, flush, rosiness -- (a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health)
  
  flush it -- (fail to get a Passing1.) Pass, passing play, passing game, passing -- ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long")
  
  2.) Passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")
  
  passing grade; "She Studied1.) Analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")
  
  2.) Study -- (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)
  
  studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?")

• fail -- (Fall1.) Fall, autumn -- (the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973")
  
  2.) Spill, tumble, fall -- (a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice")
  
  fall short in what is Expected1.) Expect, anticipate -- (regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow")
  
  2.) Ask, require, expect -- (consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons")
  
  expected; "She failed in her Obligations1.) Duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
  
  2.) Obligation -- (the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job")
  
  obligations as a Good1.) Good -- (benefit; "for your own good"; "what's the good of worrying?")
  
  2.) Good, goodness -- (moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people")
  
  good daughter-in-law"; "We Must1.) Must -- (a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must")
  
  2.) Must -- (grape juice before or during fermentation)
  
  must not fail his Obligation1.) Duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
  
  2.) Obligation -- (the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job")
  
  obligation to the Victims1.) Victim -- (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)
  
  2.) Victim, dupe -- (a person who is tricked or swindled)
  
  victims of the Holocaust")

• fail -- (Become1.) Become, go, get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!")
  
  2.) Become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")
  
  become bankrupt or Insolvent1.) Bankrupt, insolvent -- (someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts)
  
  1.) Insolvent -- (unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate")
  
  insolvent; fail Financially1.) Financially -- (from a financial point of view; "this was financially unattractive")
  
  financially and Close1.) Stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close -- (the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season")
  
  2.) Conclusion, end, close, closing, ending -- (the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...")
  
  close; "The Toy1.) Plaything, toy -- (an artifact designed to be played with)
  
  2.) Toy -- (a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove")
  
  toy company Went1.) Travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell")
  
  2.) Go, proceed, move -- (follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels")
  
  went bankrupt After1.) After -- (located farther aft)
  
  1.) Subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on -- (happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that")
  
  after the Competition1.) Competition -- (a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times")
  
  2.) Contest, competition -- (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
  
  competition hired Cheap1.) Cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants")
  
  2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")
  
  cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of Banks1.) Banks, Sir Joseph Banks -- (English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820))
  
  1.) Depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company -- (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home")
  
  banks failed that year")

• fail, Run1.) Run, tally -- (a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning")
  
  2.) Test, trial, run -- (the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial")
  
  run out, Give1.) Give, spring, springiness -- (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
  
  1.) Give -- (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold")
  
  give out -- (Prove1.) Prove, turn out, turn up -- (be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive")
  
  2.) Prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")
  
  prove insufficient; "The Water1.) Water, H2O -- (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
  
  2.) Body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")
  
  water supply for the Town1.) Town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")
  
  2.) Township, town -- (an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal")
  
  town failed After1.) After -- (located farther aft)
  
  1.) Subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on -- (happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that")
  
  after a Long1.) Hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
  
  1.) Long -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
  
  long drought")

• fail -- (get Worse1.) Worse -- (something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse")
  
  1.) Worse -- ((comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying")
  
  worse; "Her Health1.) Health, wellness -- (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients")
  
  2.) Health -- (the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health")
  
  health is declining")

Overview of adj failed
      »   The adj failed has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• failed, Failing1.) Failing, weakness -- (a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings")
  
  2.) Failing, flunk -- (failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report")
  
  failing -- (Unable1.) Unable -- ((usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds")
  
  2.) Unable -- ((usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow")
  
  unable to Meet1.) Meet, sports meeting -- (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)
  
  1.) Meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see -- (come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!")
  
  meet financial Obligations1.) Duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)
  
  2.) Obligation -- (the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job")
  
  obligations; "a Failing1.) Failing, weakness -- (a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings")
  
  2.) Failing, flunk -- (failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report")
  
  failing business venture")