Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

  2. 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

  3. (countable, uncountable)Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.

  4. (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

  5. (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

  6. (countable, uncountable)Bankruptcy.

Examples

542 sentences
  1. The project was a complete failure.

    Цей проект був абсолютним провалом. — deniko

    ruПроект полностью провалился. — Ivanovb

    deDas Projekt war ein totaler Fehlschlag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I am responsible for this failure.

    Я відповідальний за цю невдачу. — rmdas

    ruЯ в ответе за этот провал. — timsa

    deIch bin für dieses Scheitern verantwortlich. — Zaghawa

  3. What will happen if there's a power failure now?

    Що буде, якщо зараз вимкнеться світло? — aandrusiak

    deWas passiert, wenn jetzt der Strom ausfällt? — Wolf

  4. It was a complete failure.

    Це повний провал. — rmdas

    ruЭто был полный провал. — Balamax

    deEs war ein totaler Reinfall. — Sudajaengi

  5. The party was a failure.

    Вечірка не вдалася. — rmdas

    deDie Party war ein Flop. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
state or condition opposite of success:
termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function:
Русский
By meaning 3
state or condition opposite of success:
object or person incapable of success:
termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state or condition opposite of success:
object or person incapable of success:
termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function:

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: failures
Singularfailure
Pluralfailures

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
opposite of success:failA2failing
person incapable of success:loserdud
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
state or condition:successA2triumphB1

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • for the failure
  • blamed his failure
  • failure is due
  • his failure on
  • was a failure

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
failure — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto