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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to be unsuccessful”",
"word": "succeed"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail at life"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail fast"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "failing that"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail of"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail over"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail-safe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail safe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail up the ladder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail upward"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fail upwards"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "failure"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "failure to prepare is preparing to fail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "god that failed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "male-fail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "no-fail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pass-fail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "too big to fail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "words fail someone"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ffaelu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Welsh: ffaelu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Welsh: ffaelu"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "failen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English failen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "faillir"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman faillir",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*fallire"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *fallire",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "fallere",
"t": "to deceive, disappoint"
},
"expansion": "Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰāl-",
"t": "to lie, deceive"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sgʷʰh₂el-",
"t": "to stumble"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "feilen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch feilen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fehlen",
"t": "to fail, miss, lack"
},
"expansion": "German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "fejle",
"t": "to fail, err"
},
"expansion": "Danish fejle (“to fail, err”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "fela",
"t": "to fail, be wanting, do wrong"
},
"expansion": "Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "feila",
"t": "to fail"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic feila (“to fail”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "fallar",
"t": "to fail, miss"
},
"expansion": "Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English failen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”) or Proto-Indo-European *sgʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).\nCompare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”), Spanish fallar (“to fail, miss”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fails",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "failing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "failed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "failed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "fail",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fail (third-person singular simple present fails, present participle failing, simple past and past participle failed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"old": "1"
},
"name": "en-conj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "default"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fallacy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "false"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fault"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Throughout my life, I have always failed.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 249, column 1:",
"text": "If they ſhoulde gyue battayle it was to be doubted, leaſt through treaſon amõgſt themſelues, the armie ſhould be betrayed into the enimies hands, the which would not fayle to execute all kinde of crueltie in the ſlaughter of the whole nation.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:",
"text": "As the world’s drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be unsuccessful."
],
"id": "en-fail-en-verb-gT9QBVQJ",
"links": [
[
"unsuccessful",
"unsuccessful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be unsuccessful."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "come to nought"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "come to nothing"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "crash and burn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "fall flat"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "fall on one's face"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go downhill"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go down the toilet"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to pot"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to the dogs"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go up in flames"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "not vulgar",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go up in smoke"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "die in the ass"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "everything one touches turns to shit"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to hell"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "go to shit"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dështoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḵfaqa",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "أَخْفَقَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fašila",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "فَشِلَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fišil",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "فِشِل"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne uspjávam",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не успя́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne spolúčvam",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не сполу́чвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失敗"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shībài",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失败"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "propadnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dumpe"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mislukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "malsukcesi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "edutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "epäonnistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tyriä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "mokata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "möhlätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "töpätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "munata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tunaroida"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "sössiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "möhliä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "feilata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "kämmätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "flopata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ryssiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "sählätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "säheltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä pieleen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä mönkään"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "mennä reisille"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä puihin"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "mennä vituiksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kyrvähtää"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä penkin alle"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kusta"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "valua hiekkaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kuivua kokoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä myttyyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä plörinäksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "kädettää"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "mennä kiville"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "töpeksiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "stefuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tupeksia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "échouer"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rater"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falir"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "apengar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "marrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "scheitern"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "keinen Erfolg haben"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ohne Erfolg bleiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "nicht gelingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "missglücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotyncháno",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "αποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apotunkhánō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astokhéō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ἀστοχέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diamartánō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "διαμαρτάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kashál",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "כשל"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kudarcot vall"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "csődöt mond"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "elbukik"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "gagal"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "meath"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "bocciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "しっぱいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippai suru",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失敗する"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "khsoy",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ខ្សុយ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silpaehada",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "실패하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jol bolboo",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "жол болбоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "иш ордунан чыкпай калуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dēsum"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dēficiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "gagal"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "paheke"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rahua"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "خراب شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "تصورکردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "موفق نشدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "شکست خوردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "nie udać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "qulluy"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proválivatʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прова́ливаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalítʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провали́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne udavátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не удава́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne udátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "не уда́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projebátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective",
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "проеба́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projóbyvatʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "проёбываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fàillig"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "zozobrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "misslyckas"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mabigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóm-lěeo",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ล้มเหลว"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pang",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "พัง"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jéng",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "เจ๊ง"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kwäl-"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "thất bại"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "methu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ffili"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The truck failed to start.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
],
"id": "en-fail-en-verb-8OKXoxWJ",
"links": [
[
"achieve",
"achieve"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prováljam se",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прова́лям се"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "selhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fejle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "slå fejl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "falen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nurjuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ei"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "faillir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "échouer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "rater"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "falir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "apengar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "marrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fehlschlagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apotunkhánō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astokhéō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ἀστοχέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diamartánō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "διαμαρτάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nikhshál",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "נִכְשַׁל"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem sikerül (neki)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem jár sikerrel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"english": "literally: …is/was unsuccessful",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "sikertelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "simple negation of the verb",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "cannare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "toppare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fare cilecca"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "dēsum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "dēficiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "taka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ngere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "deixar de"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "não conseguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne spravljátʹsja",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не справля́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne správitʹsja",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "не спра́виться"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fàillig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "negar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "no conseguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "misslyckas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mabigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 67 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 1 2 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóm-lěeo",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ล้มเหลว"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765:",
"text": "Those who have advocated the closure of the G.C. have so far failed to say by which alternative route this North-to-West traffic could be carried.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To neglect."
],
"id": "en-fail-en-verb-RVOBJ6aq",
"links": [
[
"neglect",
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]
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"(transitive) To neglect."
],
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"transitive"
],
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"word": "selhávat"
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"word": "forsømme"
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "undlade"
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{
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{
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "ei"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 5 63 0 2 3 3 0 3 5 3 2 2 5 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "epäonnistua"
},
{
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "elfelejt"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "mancare"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "omettere"
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"word": "negligere"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "ignorare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "tralasciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 5 63 0 2 3 3 0 3 5 3 2 2 5 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "desum"
},
{
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "svikte"
},
{
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "deixar de"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "be negligent",
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"imperfective"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "be negligent",
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"perfective"
],
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{
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "svika"
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{
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"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "pumalpak"
}
]
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "After running five minutes, the engine failed.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33:",
"text": "We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.",
"type": "quote"
}
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[
"machine",
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[
"cease",
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[
"operate",
"operate"
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],
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"(intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."
],
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"intransitive"
],
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{
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallar"
},
{
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"word": "espatllar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "gùzhàng",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "故障"
},
{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cease to operate",
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "svigte"
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "seiskuma"
},
{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vioittua"
},
{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vikaantua"
},
{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vikautua"
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "mennä rikki"
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{
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "rikkoontua"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "cease to operate",
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},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "rikkoutua"
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{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tomber en panne"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "versagen"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "elromlik"
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
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},
{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "meghibásodik"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "felmondja a szolgálatot"
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallire"
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"sense": "cease to operate",
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},
{
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"lang": "Italian",
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tapore"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cease to operate",
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "ngaengae"
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{
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "feile"
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{
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "przestać działać"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "pifar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "falhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "se strica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyxodítʹ iz strója",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выходи́ть из стро́я"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výjti iz strója",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne rabótatʹ",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не рабо́тать"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
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"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "pararse"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallera"
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{
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "mankera"
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{
"_dis1": "0 4 4 54 4 2 2 4 6 5 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pang",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "พัง"
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{
"text": "I've failed my parents many times growing up.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 2:4:",
"text": "There shall not fail thee a man on the throne.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. II, Gospel of Mammonism”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):",
"text": "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 […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."
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"wanting"
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[
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"insufficient"
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[
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"disappoint"
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[
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"desert"
]
],
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"(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations."
],
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"transitive"
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "pettää"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "cserben hagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 68 0 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "otthagy"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "elhagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 68 0 1 2 18 6 2 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "magára hagy"
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"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "tréig"
}
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{
"text": "I failed English last year.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."
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"transitive",
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"intransitive"
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[
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[
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[
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"grade"
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[
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{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "rasaba",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "رَسَبَ"
},
{
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"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sagaṭ",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "سقط"
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{
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rasab",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
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"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"Flanders"
],
"word": "buizen"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "saada hylätty"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "reputtaa"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "durchfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "megbukik"
},
{
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"code": "mr",
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"roman": "nāpās hoṇe",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "नापास होणे"
},
{
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phel hoṇe",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "फेल होणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "pica"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalitʹ",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "провалить"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "suspender"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "desaprobar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "reprobar"
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{
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "bumagsak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 1 0 2 71 10 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "sınıfta kalmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
],
"id": "en-fail-en-verb-TbamPLUo",
"links": [
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:",
"text": "though that seat of earthly bliss be failed",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To miss attaining; to lose."
],
"id": "en-fail-en-verb-XSJ2d44q",
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"(transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose."
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
],
"links": [
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:",
"text": "though that seat of earthly bliss be failed",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To miss attaining; to lose."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The crops failed last year.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 14:11:",
"text": "as the waters fail from the sea",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
"text": "Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful:",
"text": "If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not to be attributed to their size.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "When earnestly they seek / Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A sick man fails.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
"text": "had the king in his last sickness failed",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perish; to die; used of a person."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps / Shall grieve him, if I fail not.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To err in judgment; to be mistaken."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"bankrupt",
"bankrupt"
],
[
"insolvent",
"insolvent"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "fāl"
},
{
"ipa": "/feɪl/"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-us-fail.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "faile"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "fayle"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "come to nought"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "come to nothing"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "crash and burn"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "fall flat"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "fall on one's face"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go downhill"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go down the toilet"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to pot"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to the dogs"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go up in flames"
},
{
"english": "not vulgar",
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go up in smoke"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "die in the ass"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "everything one touches turns to shit"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"word": "go to hell"
},
{
"sense": "to be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "go to shit"
},
{
"sense": "to receive non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "flunk"
},
{
"sense": "to become deficient",
"word": "bomb"
},
{
"sense": "to become deficient",
"word": "bust"
},
{
"sense": "to become deficient",
"word": "conk"
},
{
"sense": "to become deficient",
"word": "tank"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "faile"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dështoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḵfaqa",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "أَخْفَقَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fašila",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "فَشِلَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fišil",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "فِشِل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne uspjávam",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не успя́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne spolúčvam",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не сполу́чвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失敗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shībài",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失败"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "propadnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dumpe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mislukken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "malsukcesi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "edutu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "epäonnistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tyriä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "mokata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "möhlätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "töpätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "munata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tunaroida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "sössiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "möhliä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "feilata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "kämmätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "flopata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "ryssiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "sählätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "säheltää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä pieleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä mönkään"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "mennä reisille"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä puihin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "mennä vituiksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kyrvähtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä penkin alle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "kusta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "valua hiekkaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kuivua kokoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä myttyyn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mennä plörinäksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "kädettää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "mennä kiville"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "töpeksiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "stefuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tupeksia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "échouer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rater"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "apengar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "marrar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "scheitern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "keinen Erfolg haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ohne Erfolg bleiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "nicht gelingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "missglücken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotyncháno",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "αποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apotunkhánō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astokhéō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ἀστοχέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diamartánō",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "διαμαρτάνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kashál",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "כשל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kudarcot vall"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "csődöt mond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "elbukik"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "gagal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "meath"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "bocciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"alt": "しっぱいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shippai suru",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "失敗する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "khsoy",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ខ្សុយ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silpaehada",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "실패하다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jol bolboo",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "жол болбоо"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "iş ordunan cıkpay kaluu",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "иш ордунан чыкпай калуу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dēsum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "dēficiō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "gagal"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "paheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rahua"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "خراب شدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "تصورکردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "موفق نشدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "شکست خوردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "nie udać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "falhar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "qulluy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "rata"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proválivatʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прова́ливаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalítʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провали́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne udavátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не удава́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne udátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "не уда́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projebátʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"perfective",
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "проеба́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "projóbyvatʹsja",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "проёбываться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fàillig"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "zozobrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "misslyckas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "mabigo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóm-lěeo",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ล้มเหลว"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pang",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "พัง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jéng",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "เจ๊ง"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "kwäl-"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "thất bại"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "methu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "be unsuccessful",
"word": "ffili"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prováljam se",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прова́лям се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracassar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "selhat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fejle"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "slå fejl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislukken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "falen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nurjuma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ei"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "faillir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "échouer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "rater"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "falir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mancar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "apengar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "marrar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fehlschlagen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apotunkhánō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ἀποτυγχάνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "astokhéō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ἀστοχέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diamartánō",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "διαμαρτάνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nikhshál",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "נִכְשַׁל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem sikerül (neki)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem jár sikerrel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "literally: …is/was unsuccessful",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "sikertelen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "simple negation of the verb",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "nem"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "cannare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "toppare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fare cilecca"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "dēsum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "dēficiō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "taka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ngere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mislykkes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "deixar de"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "não conseguir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "терпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterpétʹ neudáču",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потерпе́ть неуда́чу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne spravljátʹsja",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не справля́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne správitʹsja",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "не спра́виться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fàillig"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "negar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "fracasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "no conseguir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "misslyckas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "mabigo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóm-lěeo",
"sense": "not achieve a stated goal",
"word": "ล้มเหลว"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "selhávat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "forsømme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "undlade"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "negeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "ei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "epäonnistua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "négliger"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "elmulaszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "elfelejt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "mancare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "omettere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "negligere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "ignorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "tralasciare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "desum"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "svikte"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "deixar de"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prenebregátʹ",
"sense": "be negligent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пренебрега́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prenebréčʹ",
"sense": "be negligent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пренебре́чь"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "svika"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "be negligent",
"word": "pumalpak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkázvam",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́звам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne rabótja",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не рабо́тя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "espatllar-se"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùzhàng",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "故障"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "přestat fungovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "svigte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "mankeren"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "seiskuma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vioittua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vikaantua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "vikautua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "mennä rikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "pysähtyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "rikkoontua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "hajota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "rikkoutua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tomber en panne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "versagen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "elromlik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tönkremegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "meghibásodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "felmondja a szolgálatot"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "andare in bancarotta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fare bancarotta"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tapore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "tāporepore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of breath",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "ngaengae"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "feile"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "przestać działać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "pifar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "falhar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "se strica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyxodítʹ iz strója",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выходи́ть из стро́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výjti iz strója",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́йти из стро́я"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne rabótatʹ",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не рабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "pararse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "fallera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "mankera"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pang",
"sense": "cease to operate",
"word": "พัง"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "pettää"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "cserben hagy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "otthagy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "elhagy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "magára hagy"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert",
"word": "tréig"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rasaba",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "رَسَبَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sagaṭ",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "سقط"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rasab",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "رسب"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"Flanders"
],
"word": "buizen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "saada hylätty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "reputtaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "durchfallen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "megbukik"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "nāpās hoṇe",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "नापास होणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "phel hoṇe",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "फेल होणे"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "pica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalitʹ",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "провалить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "suspender"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "desaprobar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "reprobar"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "bumagsak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits",
"word": "sınıfta kalmak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "nechat propadnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "dumpe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"tags": [
"Flanders"
],
"word": "buizen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "vioittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "rikkoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "pysäyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "recaler"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "megbuktat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "reprovar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "strica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proválivatʹ",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прова́ливать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provalítʹ",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провали́ть"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "biguin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cause to fail",
"word": "sınıfta bırakmak"
}
],
"word": "fail"
}
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"English control verbs",
"English countable nouns",
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