Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do.

Examples

21 sentences

  1. Last year, he failed two of his final examinations.

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  2. He failed for want of experience.

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  3. Am I to fail of your fate?

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  4. She failed in five of her subjects.

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  5. He was failing most of his classes.

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Forms

fails of, failing of, failed of, failed of
Base formfail of · to fail of
3rd person singularfails of
Present participlefailing of
Past simplefailed of
Past participlefailed of

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfail of
he, she, itfails of

Past simpleLesson

all personsfailed of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave failed of
he, she, ithas failed of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fail of

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
faggotfailA2failingfailureB1faintB1
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