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failure
/ˈfeɪ.ljəɹ/
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What does failure mean?
noun
- State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
- Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
More meanings (3)
noun
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- Bankruptcy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfeɪ.ljəɹ/
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See this word in context.
As he understood it, he had several days to turn about in, and he did not let one day's failure dishearten him.
I naturally led up the conversation to the giant unicorn, and examined the various chances of success or failure of the expedition.
More book examples (3)
His physiognomy denoted great simplicity, a certain amount of brutality, and probable failure in the past to profit by rare educational advantages.
And all this life and love and strife and failure,--is it the twilight of nightfall or the flush of some faint-dawning day?
The failure is remarkable in proportion to what he could do in school work and to his abilities in some other ways.