failure
pronunciation
How to pronounce failure in British English:
UK [ˈfeɪljə(r)]
How to pronounce failure in American English:
US [ˈfeɪljər]
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- Noun:
- an act that fails
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- lack of success
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- an unexpected omission
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
- loss of ability to function normally
Word Origin
- failure (n.)
- 1640s, failer, "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer, Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure. Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837.
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Example
- 1. Change your attitude about failure .
- 2. The failure rate is high .
- 3. What explains this selection failure ?
- 4. Its failure is a tragedy .
- 5. He died 47 years later of heart failure .