Fail

Verb

 * 1)  To be unsuccessful.
 * Throughout my life, I have always failed.
 * 1)  Not to achieve a particular stated goal.  (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
 * The engine failed to start.
 * 1)  To neglect.
 * The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.
 * 1)  To cease to operate correctly.
 * After running five minutes, the engine failed.
 * 1)  To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
 * 2) * 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. II, Gospel of Mammonism
 * A poor Irish Widow […] went forth with her three children, bare of all resource, to solicit help from the Charitable Establishments of that City. At this Charitable Establishment and then at that she was refused; referred from one to the other, helped by none; — till she had exhausted them all; till her strength and heart failed her:  she sank down in typhus-fever […]
 * 1)  To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
 * I failed in English last year.
 * 1)  To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
 * The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.

Noun

 * 1) a failure, especially of a financial transaction
 * 2) a failing grade in an academic examination

Adverbs for Fail
miserably; tragically; unquestionably; ridiculously; deplorably; essentially; deservedly; constantly; conspicuously; unwittingly; signally; lamentably; ignominiously; eventually; despicably; grievously; partially; scholastically; abjectly; habitually; inexplicably; indefensibly.

Verbs for Fail
arouse—; assist—; collect—ies: cultivate—ies; daz; concentrate-ies; cultivate—ies; dazzle—; develop-ies; dull—ies; endow with—; exercise-: exhibit—: hamper—: impair —: mani-; exhibit—; hamper—; impair—; manifest—; rally—ies; reclaim—; recruit ——ies; retain—; strain—; strengthen—; stupefy—; waste—ies; —decays; —enables.

Synonyms for Fail

 * fall on one's face
 * falter, abort, collapse, abandon, default, miss, omit, disappoint, desert, weaken, decline, leave, miscarry, abandon, neglect, drop, wither, fade, quit, forego, flounder.

Antonyms for Fail

 * succeed
 * win, get, surpass, gain, capture, obtain, pass, discharge, deliver, recover, merit, earn, attain, procure, succeed, achieve, reach, accomplish, finish.

Derived terms

 * failure
 * fail-safe

Thesaurus
abandon, abort, age, bankrupt, be a gas, be a hit, be caught napping, be found wanting, be inferior, be insufficient, be neglectful, be negligent, be ruined, be unfaithful, be unsuccessful, become insolvent, bill, bomb, break, break faith, bust, cave in, cheat the undertaker, close down, close up, collapse, come apart, come short, come to grief, come unstuck, conk out, crash, crumble, decay, decline, decrease, default, deplete, desert, deteriorate, die, diminish, disappear, disappoint, disintegrate, disregard, dodder, drain, dramatize, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, exhaust, fade, fail of, fail of success, faint, fall, fall away, fall flat, fall off, fall short, fall shy, fall through, falter, feature, fizzle out, flag, flop, flunk, flunk out, fold, fold up, follow, forsake, founder, get along, get on, give out, give way, gloss over, go back on, go bankrupt, go broke, go down, go downhill, go into receivership, go off, go out, go soft, go to pieces, go to pot, go to ruin, go under, go up, go wrong, grow old, gutter, have nothing on, headline, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, ignore, impoverish, jade, kick the beam, labor in vain, lack, lag, languish, lapse, leave undone, lessen, let down, let go, let ride, let slide, let slip, lose, lose ground, lose sight of, lose strength, lose track of, make a hit, melodramatize, miscarry, misfire, miss, mount, neglect, nod, not answer, not approach, not care for, not come near, not come off, not compare, not get involved, not hack it, not heed, not make it, not make out, not measure up, not pass, not qualify, not stretch, not suffice, not think, not work, open, open a show, overlook, pass over, pass the buck, peak, peg out, peter out, pine, play second fiddle, poop out, premiere, present, preview, produce, put on, rank under, reach the depths, run aground, run down, run out, run short, scenarize, serve, set the stage, shake, shift the blame, shift the responsibility, short, shrink, shrivel, shut down, sink, sleep, slide, slight, slip, slump, spin, stage, star, stop short, subserve, subside, succeed, take for granted, theatricalize, totter, touch bottom, try out, turn gray, turn white, wane, want, wash out, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, wear thin, wilt, wither, wither away, wizen, worsen, wrinkle, yield

Etymology
From <  faillir: <  fallere:.

Verb

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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 矢敗する
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: mislykkes
 * Persian: خراب شدن, تصورکردن, موفق نشدن, شکست خوردن
 * Russian: терпеть неудачу, провалиться
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 * : להכשל

Anagrams

 * alif
 * fila

Etymology
From foil:, from, from. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕλιξ:.

Noun

 * 1) ring
 * 2) bracelet
 * 3) wreath
 * 4) sty