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What does fail mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fail? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
  2. (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
  3. (transitive) To neglect.
  4. (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To cease to operate correctly.
  5. (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
  6. (transitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
  7. (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
  9. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
  10. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
  11. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
  12. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
  13. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
  14. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  15. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
Noun
  1. (uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
  2. (slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
  3. (slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success)
  4. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
  5. A failing grade in an academic examination.
Adjective
  1. (slang, US) That is a failure.
Noun
  1. A piece of turf cut from grassland.
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