failure
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.
Base: fail
Affixes: -ure
Inflected forms:
form: failures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
What exactly is a "successful failure" in rocket science? A so-called "successful failure" is one where important lessons can be gleaned for future tests and where the risks of harm are low, experts say.
gloss: State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: heart failure
congestive heart failure
liver failure
kidney failure
gloss: Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
But as with individual train failures you have to tackle every one as it arises and assume it will happen again, which it will, if you don't do something about it.
gloss: Bankruptcy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: fail
Antonyms: success
triumph
Related words: fail
fail-fast
fail-safe
fail-stop
Derived words: acute kidney failure
acute renal failure
congestive cardiac failure
failure drill
failure is the best teacher
failureless
failureproof
failure rate
failure to prepare is preparing to fail
girlfailure
government failure
mean distance between failure
mean time to failure
microfailure
nonfailure
postfailure
single point of failure
tree failure
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: dështim
lang: Arabic
word: فَشَل
roman: fašal
lang: Arabic
word: إِخْفَاق
roman: ʔiḵfāq
lang: Armenian
word: անհաջողություն
roman: anhaǰoġutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: ձախողում
roman: jaxoġum
lang: Basque
word: porrot
lang: Belarusian
word: права́л
roman: pravál
lang: Belarusian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Belarusian
word: няўда́ча
roman: njawdáča
lang: Bulgarian
word: неуспе́х
roman: neuspéh
lang: Bulgarian
word: несполу́ка
roman: nespolúka
lang: Catalan
word: fallida
lang: Catalan
word: fracàs (hispanism)
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏄᎸᎲᏍᎩ
roman: unulvhvsgi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 失敗 /失败
roman: shībài
lang: Czech
word: nezdar
lang: Czech
word: neúspěch
lang: Czech
word: selhání
lang: Danish
word: fiasko
lang: Dutch
word: mislukking
lang: Dutch
word: faling
lang: Dutch
word: fout
lang: Esperanto
word: malsukceso
lang: Esperanto
word: fiasko
lang: Estonian
word: ebaõnnestumine
lang: Finnish
word: epäonnistuminen
lang: Finnish
word: moka
lang: Finnish
word: munaus
lang: Finnish
word: tyriminen
lang: Finnish
word: töppäys
lang: Finnish
word: möhläys
lang: Finnish
word: tunarointi
lang: Finnish
word: kömmähdys
lang: French
word: échec
lang: German
word: Misserfolg
lang: German
word: Ausfall
lang: German
word: Verschlechterung
lang: German
word: Misslingen
lang: German
word: Versagen
lang: German
word: Fehlschlag
lang: Greek
word: αποτυχία
roman: apotychía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀποτυχία
roman: apotukhía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀστόχημα
roman: astókhēma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀστοχία
roman: astokhía
lang: Hebrew
word: כישלון \ כִּשָּׁלוֹן
roman: kishalón
lang: Hindi
word: असफलता
roman: asphaltā
lang: Hindi
word: विफलता
roman: viphaltā
lang: Hungarian
word: kudarc
lang: Hungarian
word: bukás
lang: Hungarian
word: felsülés
lang: Hungarian
word: fiaskó
lang: Ido
word: fiasko
lang: Indonesian
word: gagal
lang: Indonesian
word: kegagalan
lang: Irish
word: meath
lang: Irish
word: cliseadh
lang: Italian
word: fallimento
lang: Italian
word: insuccesso
lang: Italian
word: avaria
lang: Italian
word: fiasco
lang: Japanese
word: 失敗
roman: shippai
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: fadja
lang: Kazakh
word: сәтсіздік
roman: sätsızdık
lang: Khmer
word: កំហក
roman: kɑmhɑk
lang: Khmer
word: ចំណាញ់
roman: cɑmnañ
lang: Khmer
word: រិត្ត
roman: rɨttaʼ
lang: Korean
word: 실패
roman: silpae
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жол болбоо
roman: jol bolboo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: иш ордунан чыкпай калуу
roman: iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu
lang: Latin
word: dēliquium
lang: Latin
word: dēfectiō
lang: Latvian
word: neizdošanās
lang: Latvian
word: neveiksme
lang: Lithuanian
word: nepasisekimas
lang: Macedonian
word: неуспех
roman: neuspeh
lang: Malay
word: kegagalan
lang: Māori
word: mūhoretanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fiasko
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: misære
lang: Old English
word: āteorung, ġeteorung
lang: Dari
word: شِکَسْت
roman: šikast
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شِکَسْت
roman: šekast
lang: Polish
word: niepowodzenie
lang: Polish
word: porażka
lang: Polish
word: nieudacznictwo
lang: Portuguese
word: falha
lang: Portuguese
word: fracasso
lang: Portuguese
word: falhanço
lang: Romanian
word: eșec
lang: Russian
word: прова́л
roman: provál
lang: Russian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Russian
word: неуда́ча
roman: neudáča
lang: Russian
word: неуспе́х
roman: neuspéx
lang: Sanskrit
word: असिद्धि
roman: asiddhi
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fàilligeadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: не̏успех
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: не̏успјех
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȅuspeh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȅuspjeh
lang: Slovak
word: nezdar
lang: Slovak
word: krach
lang: Slovak
word: neúspech
lang: Slovene
word: neuspeh
lang: Spanish
word: fallo
lang: Spanish
word: fracaso
lang: Spanish
word: cate
lang: Swahili
word: ushinde
lang: Swedish
word: misslyckande
lang: Tagalog
word: pagkabigo
lang: Tamil
word: தோல்வி
roman: tōlvi
lang: Telugu
word: వైఫల్యం
roman: vaiphalyaṁ
lang: Turkish
word: başarısızlık
lang: Ukrainian
word: крах
roman: krax
lang: Ukrainian
word: прова́л
roman: provál
lang: Ukrainian
word: невда́ча
roman: nevdáča
lang: Vietnamese
word: thất bại