#️⃣#fail /feɪl/ #verb
💢fail in
🔹He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.
💢fail to do something
🔹Doctors failed to save the girl’s life.
🔹Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful).
🔹his efforts to save his failing marriage
🔹If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.
💢NOT DO SOMETHING [intransitive] to not do what is expected, needed, or wanted
💢fail to do something
🔹The letter failed to arrive.
🔹Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business.
🔹The government are failing in their duty to protect people.
💢EXAM/TEST
🅰️[intransitive and transitive] ➡️ to not pass a test or examination:
🔹I failed my driving test the first time I took it.
🔹He failed maths but passed all his other subjects.
🅱️[transitive] ➡️ to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination:
🔹Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.
💢I fail to see / understand #formal ➡️ used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand:
🔹I fail to see why you find it so amusing.
💢COMPANY / BUSINESS [intransitive] ➡️ if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money
💢MACHINE / BODY PART [intransitive] ➡️ if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working:
🔹The engine failed on take-off.
🔹The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.
💢HEALTH [intransitive] ➡️ if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was:
🔹Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.
💢never fail to do something ➡️ to do something or happen so regularly that people expect it:
🔹My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.
💢your courage /will / nerve fails (you) ➡️ if your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it:
🔹She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.
💢fail somebody ➡️ to not do what someone has trusted you to do SYN let somebody down:
🔹I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.
💢CROPS [intransitive] ➡️ if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather
💢RAINS [intransitive] ➡️ if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year) fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough
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💢fail in
🔹He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.
💢fail to do something
🔹Doctors failed to save the girl’s life.
🔹Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful).
🔹his efforts to save his failing marriage
🔹If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.
💢NOT DO SOMETHING [intransitive] to not do what is expected, needed, or wanted
💢fail to do something
🔹The letter failed to arrive.
🔹Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business.
🔹The government are failing in their duty to protect people.
💢EXAM/TEST
🅰️[intransitive and transitive] ➡️ to not pass a test or examination:
🔹I failed my driving test the first time I took it.
🔹He failed maths but passed all his other subjects.
🅱️[transitive] ➡️ to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination:
🔹Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.
💢I fail to see / understand #formal ➡️ used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand:
🔹I fail to see why you find it so amusing.
💢COMPANY / BUSINESS [intransitive] ➡️ if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money
💢MACHINE / BODY PART [intransitive] ➡️ if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working:
🔹The engine failed on take-off.
🔹The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.
💢HEALTH [intransitive] ➡️ if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was:
🔹Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.
💢never fail to do something ➡️ to do something or happen so regularly that people expect it:
🔹My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.
💢your courage /will / nerve fails (you) ➡️ if your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it:
🔹She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.
💢fail somebody ➡️ to not do what someone has trusted you to do SYN let somebody down:
🔹I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.
💢CROPS [intransitive] ➡️ if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather
💢RAINS [intransitive] ➡️ if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year) fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough
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#️⃣#fail /feɪl/ #verb 💢fail in 🔹He failed in his attempt to regain the world title. 💢fail to do something 🔹Doctors failed to save the girl’s life. 🔹Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful). 🔹his…
#️⃣#fail /feɪl/ #noun
1️⃣without fail
🅰️if you do something without fail, you always do it:
🔹Tim visits his mother every day without fail.
🅱️used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something:
🔹I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!
2️⃣[countable] an unsuccessful result in a test or examination OPP pass:
🔹I got a fail in history.
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1️⃣without fail
🅰️if you do something without fail, you always do it:
🔹Tim visits his mother every day without fail.
🅱️used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something:
🔹I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!
2️⃣[countable] an unsuccessful result in a test or examination OPP pass:
🔹I got a fail in history.
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#️⃣#fail /feɪl/ #noun 1️⃣without fail 🅰️if you do something without fail, you always do it: 🔹Tim visits his mother every day without fail. 🅱️used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something: 🔹I want that work finished by tomorrow, without…
#️⃣#fail /feɪl/
📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️fail ➡️ to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc:
✨The plan failed.
✨They failed to persuade her to change her mind.
✨This method never fails.
⚪️go wrong ➡️ if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well:
✨The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.
⚪️not work ➡️ if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do:
✨The drugs don’t work.
✨I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.
⚪️be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ ➡️ to not have the result you wanted:
✨His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.
The search was unsuccessful.
⚪️be a failure ➡️ to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts:
✨The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.
⚪️backfire ➡️ if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do:
✨His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.
⚪️in vain ➡️ if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it:
✨They tried in vain to save him.
✨All her efforts had been in vain.
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📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️fail ➡️ to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc:
✨The plan failed.
✨They failed to persuade her to change her mind.
✨This method never fails.
⚪️go wrong ➡️ if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well:
✨The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.
⚪️not work ➡️ if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do:
✨The drugs don’t work.
✨I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.
⚪️be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ ➡️ to not have the result you wanted:
✨His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.
The search was unsuccessful.
⚪️be a failure ➡️ to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts:
✨The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.
⚪️backfire ➡️ if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do:
✨His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.
⚪️in vain ➡️ if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it:
✨They tried in vain to save him.
✨All her efforts had been in vain.
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