"without fail" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-without fail.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} without fail, {{en-PP}} without fail
  1. (idiomatic) Certainly; by all means; as a matter of importance. Tags: idiomatic Translations (certainly): непреме́нно (nepreménno) (Bulgarian), မုချ (mu.hkya.) (Burmese), ဆက်ဆက် (hcakhcak) (Burmese), မပျက်မကွက် (ma.pyakma.kwak) (Burmese), 一定 (yīdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), nepre (Esperanto), sans faute (French), certamente (Galician), unbedingt (German), okvetlenül (Hungarian), feltétlenül (Hungarian), mindenképpen (Hungarian), áreiðanlega (Icelandic), örugglega (Icelandic), immancabilmente (Italian), senza dubbio (Italian), 是非 (zehi) (alt: ぜひ) (Japanese), 반드시 (bandeusi) (Korean), албетте (albette) (Kyrgyz), сөзсүз (sözsüz) (Kyrgyz), милдеттүү түрдө (mildettüü türdö) (Kyrgyz), кандай болсо да (kanday bolso da) (Kyrgyz), непреме́нно (nepreménno) (Russian), обяза́тельно (objazátelʹno) (Russian), sin falta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-without_fail-en-prep_phrase-maVp28Eq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'certainly': 82 18
  2. Inevitably.
    Sense id: en-without_fail-en-prep_phrase-Fh1WmHle

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