[uncountable, countable] lack of success in doing or achieving something. The success or failure of the plan depends on you.

1[uncountable] lack of success in doing or achieving something The success or failure of the plan depends on you. · 2[countable] a person or thing that is not ...

There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun failure, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...

[intransitive, transitive] to not be successful in achieving something. Many diets fail because they are boring. Ultimately all their efforts failed.

fail · 1[intransitive, transitive] to not be successful in achieving something Many diets fail because they are boring. · 2[intransitive] to not do something fail ...

not successful. Extra Examples He still considered himself something of a failed journalist. I paid off the debts left by our failed business.

6 дней назад · failure noun (STOP) ... the fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should: heart failure He died of heart failure.

fail · ​[countable] the result of an exam in which a person is not successful. I got three passes and one fail. opposite pass · ​[countable, uncountable] ( ...

used to introduce a suggestion that could be considered if the one just mentioned is not possible. Ask a friend to recommend a doctor or, failing that, look on ...

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fail, three of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...