fail in English

verb

1

be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

he failed in his attempt to secure election

2

neglect to do something.

the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings

3

break down; cease to work well.

a truck whose brakes had failed

synonyms: break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash, malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault, conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz

noun

1

a grade that is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

It is feared that their children will be given an automatic fail mark because the number of days they study at school falls far short of the minimum set by the education authorities.

verb

be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught, flop, bomb
be unsuccessful in, not pass, not make the grade on, flunk, botch, blow, screw up, bungle
let down, disappoint, desert, abandon, betray, be disloyal to, forsake
die, wither, be deficient, be insufficient, be inadequate
fade, dim, die away, wane, disappear, vanish
break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash, malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault, conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz
deteriorate, degenerate, decline, fade, wane, ebb
collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, go into receivership, go into liquidation, cease trading, fold, flop, go bust, go broke, go belly-up
break down, go bad, give out, give way, go, break, die, conk out
neglect
betray
go wrong, miscarry
give out, run out
flunk, bomb

Use "fail" in a sentence

1. Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

2. If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

3. Students who fail to meet the requirements will fail.

4. Nobody plans to fail , but many fail to plan .

5. Problem: hatch door malfunction, backup power fail, manual override fail

6. 12 If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

7. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

8. Why Some Marriages Fail

9. He will surely fail.

10. You didn't fail, Abe.

11. LockNull: All locks fail

12. Your plan will fail!

13. Our banks began to fail.

14. You're going to fail miserably.

15. However, the siege will fail.

16. One in ten will fail.

17. Ohh! This plan could fail.

18. To fail was considered despicable.

19. CHURCHES, SCIENCE FAIL TO SUPPLY NEED

20. Diligent students occasionally fail this subject.

21. I fail to comprehend their attitude.

22. Their attempts will most assuredly fail.

23. It appears that the aldehydes frequently succeed where acetals and alcohols fail, and acetals where alcohols fail.

24. + YOU women will without fail carry out YOUR vows, and YOU will without fail perform YOUR vows.’

25. We were all chosen to fail.

26. Vegetation would wither; crops would fail.

27. Genuine love that will never fail

28. I foreboded that I might fail.

29. Rolle, alas, must fail this test.

30. If you fail, don't punish yourself.

31. She expects to fail the exam.

32. The light was beginning to fail .

33. Its social programs can fail to work, its businesses can fail to produce, its laws can become unenforceable.

34. She foretold that he would fail.

35. Their antics never fail to amuse.

36. He writes every week without fail.

37. Calloused and cold, Not afraid to fail

38. module if all other module loads fail.

39. While the eyes of his children fail.

40. Impossible for me to fail, so watched

41. Multiple attempts to resuscitate the baby fail.

42. Some schools fail to set any homework.

43. Many diets fail because they are boring.

44. 3 Their antics never fail to amuse.

45. Travis was, without fail, always there too.

46. Why does discretionary fiscal policy often fail?

47. We are creating organizations able to fail, but in a compliant way, with somebody clearly accountable when we fail.

48. Daniel, they' re bypassing the fail safe

49. (but I didn't fail) He Almost died

50. His disability caused this thing to fail.