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Fail - definition of fail by The Free Dictionary Fail - definition of fail by The Free Dictionary https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fail Printer Friendly fail Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Financial , Acronyms , Idioms , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . fail (fāl) v. failed , fail·ing , fails v. intr. 1. To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately: failed to fulfill their promises; failed in their attempt to reach the summit. 2. a. To be unsuccessful: an experiment that failed. b. To be unsuccessful in being acted upon: an idea that failed to be accepted by the board. 3. To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum. 4. To prove insufficient in quantity or duration; give out: The water supply failed during the drought. 5. To decline, as in strength or effectiveness: The light began to fail. 6. To cease functioning properly: The engine failed. 7. To give way or be made otherwise useless as a result of excessive strain: The rusted girders failed and caused the bridge to collapse. 8. To become bankrupt or insolvent: Their business failed during the last recession. v. tr. 1. To disappoint or prove undependable to: Our sentries failed us. 2. To abandon; forsake: His strength failed him. 3. To omit to perform (an expected duty, for example): We must not fail our obligation to the earthquake victims. 4. To leave undone; neglect: failed to wash the dishes. 5. a. To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum in (a course, for example): failed algebra twice. b. To give such a grade of failure to (a student): failed me in algebra. 6. To be detected by (a drug test) as having used a banned substance. n. 1. A failing grade: The student received a fail on the final paper. 2. Informal Something that does not achieve the desired result; a failure: My first attempt to make flourless cookies was a big fail. Idiom: without fail 1. With no chance of failure: Be here at noon without fail. 2. Every single time: "Always we get a good rain on Labor Day, without fail—like clockwork" (Rick Bass). "Whenever he returned to his hut, almost without fail some money was missing from the basket" (Paul Theroux). [Middle English failen , from Old French faillir , from Vulgar Latin *fallīre , variant of Latin fallere , to deceive .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. fail ( feɪl ) vb 1. to be unsuccessful in an attempt (at something or to do something) 2. ( intr ) to stop operating or working properly: the steering failed suddenly . 3. (Education) to judge or be judged as being below the officially accepted standard required for success in (a course, examination, etc) 4. ( tr ) to prove disappointing, undependable, or useless to (someone) 5. ( tr ) to neglect or be unable (to do something) 6. ( intr ) to prove partly or completely insufficient in quantity, duration, or extent 7. ( intr ) to weaken; fade away 8. (Commerce) ( intr ) to go bankrupt or become insolvent n 9. (Education) a failure to attain the required standard, as in an examination 10. without fail definitely; with certainty [C13: from Old French faillir , ultimately from Latin fallere to disappoint; probably related to Greek phēlos deceitful] fail ( fel ) n Scot a turf; sod [perhaps from Scottish Gaelic fàl ] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 fail (feɪl) v.i. 1. to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed. 2. to receive less than the passing grade or mark in an examination, class, or course of study. 3. to be or become deficient or lacking; fall short. 4. to lose strength or vigor; become weak. 5. to stop functioning or operating. 6. to dwindle, pass, or die away. 7. to become unable to meet or pay debts or business obligations; become insolvent or bankrupt. 8. (of a building member, structure, machine part, etc.) to break, bend, or be otherwise destroyed or made useless because of an excessive load. v.t. 9. to be unsuccessful in the performance or completion of: He failed to do his duty. 10. to prove of no use or help to: His friends failed him. 11. to receive less than a passing grade or mark in. 12. to declare (a person) unsuccessful in a test or course of study; give less than a passing grade to. n. 13. a stockbroker's inability to deliver or receive security within the required time after sale or purchase. 14. Obs. failure as to performance, occurrence, etc. Idioms: without fail, with certainty; positively. [1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French faillir < Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. fail Past participle: failed Gerund: failing Imperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative fail fail Present I fail you fail he/she/it fails we fail you fail they fail Preterite I failed you failed he/she/it failed we failed you failed they failed Present Continuous I am failing you are failing he/she/it is failing we are failing you are failing they are failing Present Perfect I have failed you have failed he/she/it has failed we have failed you have failed they have failed Past Continuous I was failing you were failing he/she/it was failing we were failing you were failing they were failing Past Perfect I had failed you had failed he/she/it had failed we had failed you had failed they had failed Future I will fail you will fail he/she/it will fail we will fail you will fail they will fail Future Perfect I will have failed you will have failed he/she/it will have failed we will have failed you will have failed they will have failed Future Continuous I will be failing you will be failing he/she/it will be failing we will be failing you will be failing they will be failing Present Perfect Continuous I have been failing you have been failing he/she/it has been failing we have been failing you have been failing they have been failing Future Perfect Continuous I will have been failing you will have been failing he/she/it will have been failing we will have been failing you will have been failing they will have been failing Past Perfect Continuous I had been failing you had been failing he/she/it had been failing we had been failing you had been failing they had been failing Conditional I would fail you would fail he/she/it would fail we would fail you would fail they would fail Past Conditional I would have failed you would have failed he/she/it would have failed we would have failed you would have failed they would have failed Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus Verb 1. fail - fail to do something; leave something undone; "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" neglect lose track - fail to keep informed or aware; "She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume" strike out - put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" default , default on - fail to pay up choke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" muff - fail to catch, as of a ball miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" 2. fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" go wrong , miscarry take it on the chin - undergo failure or defeat miss - fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train" overreach - fail by aiming too high or trying too hard bobble , bodge , bollix , bollix up , botch , botch up , bumble , bungle , flub , fluff , foul up , louse up , mess up , mishandle , muck up , ball up , spoil , muff , screw up , fumble , blow - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" strike out - be unsuccessful in an endeavor; "The candidate struck out with his health care plan" fall - suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" shipwreck - suffer failure, as in some enterprise fall flat , fall through , founder , flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" bring home the bacon , deliver the goods , succeed , win , come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" 3. fail - disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" betray disappoint , let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" 4. fail - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" conk out , go bad , break down , die , give out , give way , break , go change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inope