failure
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of successState or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
» The project was a complete failure.
Das Projekt war ein totaler Fehlschlag.
Проект полностью провалился.
Цей проект був абсолютним провалом.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
(countable, uncountable)A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
heart failure
congestive heart failure
Misserfolg, Ausfall, Verschlechterung
прова́лprovál, крахkrax, неуда́чаneudáča
крахkrax, прова́лprovál, невда́чаnevdáča
(countable, uncountable)Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
(countable, uncountable)An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
Versager, Versagerin, Niete
фиа́скоfiásko, неуда́чникneudáčnik, прова́лprovál
(countable, uncountable)Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
Pleite, Versagen, Ausfall
поло́мкаpolómka, вы́ход из стро́яvýxod iz strója, сбойsboj
збійzbij, поло́мкаpolómka, пошко́дженняpoškódžennja
loss of ability to function normally
(countable, uncountable)Bankruptcy.
Examples
542 sentencesThe project was a complete failure.
Цей проект був абсолютним провалом.
ruПроект полностью провалился.
deDas Projekt war ein totaler Fehlschlag.
I am responsible for this failure.
Я відповідальний за цю невдачу.
ruЯ в ответе за этот провал.
deIch bin für dieses Scheitern verantwortlich.
What will happen if there's a power failure now?
Що буде, якщо зараз вимкнеться світло?
deWas passiert, wenn jetzt der Strom ausfällt?
It was a complete failure.
Це повний провал.
ruЭто был полный провал.
deEs war ein totaler Reinfall.
The party was a failure.
Вечірка не вдалася.
deDie Party war ein Flop.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.
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Forms
plural: failuresSynonyms
8 synonyms- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently:losernonstarterunsuccessful person
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due:bankruptcy
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- for the failure
- blamed his failure
- failure is due
- his failure on
- was a failure