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fail
noun 
  1. a failure, especially of a financial transaction
  2. a failing grade in an academic examination
verb 
  1. (transitive): To not achieve a particular goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive. The engine failed to start.)
  2. (transitive): To be negligent in one's duty. (The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.)
  3. (intransitive): To be unsuccessful in academic pursuits. (I failed in English last year.)
  4. (intransitive), of a machine, etc.: To cease to operate correctly. (After running five minutes, the engine failed.)
  5. (transitive): To give a student a non-passing grade, thereby causing the student to fail (3) a class or other academic endeavor.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: falen (3)
  • German: scheitern (3)
     
 
  

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