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Meaning of word fail from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

fail   verb

Meaning : Fail to do something. Leave something undone.

Example : She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib.
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account.

Synonyms : neglect

Meaning : Be unsuccessful.

Example : Where do today's public schools fail?.
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.

Synonyms : go wrong, miscarry

ప్రయత్నములో విఫలము చెందుట.

రాము జీవితములో ఓడిపోయినందుకు చాలా బాధ పడుతున్నాడు.
అసఫలత చెందు, ఓటమి పాలవు, ఓడు

प्रयत्न में विफल होना।

मैं जिंदगी से हार गया।
असफल होना, नाकाम होना, विफल होना, हारना

Attain success or reach a desired goal.

The enterprise succeeded.
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show.
She struggled to overcome her handicap and won.
bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win

Meaning : Disappoint, prove undependable to. Abandon, forsake.

Example : His sense of smell failed him this time.
His strength finally failed him.
His children failed him in the crisis.

Synonyms : betray

Meaning : Stop operating or functioning.

Example : The engine finally went.
The car died on the road.
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town.
The coffee maker broke.
The engine failed on the way to town.
Her eyesight went after the accident.

Synonyms : break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad

Meaning : Be unable.

Example : I fail to understand your motives.

Be successful. Achieve a goal.

She succeeded in persuading us all.
I managed to carry the box upstairs.
She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it.
The pianist negociated the difficult runs.
bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off

Meaning : Judge unacceptable.

Example : The teacher failed six students.

Accept or judge as acceptable.

The teacher passed the student although he was weak.
pass

Meaning : Fail to get a passing grade.

Example : She studied hard but failed nevertheless.
Did I fail the test?.

Synonyms : bomb, flunk, flush it

ఉత్తీర్ణుడు కాకపోవడం

అతడు ఒక సారి అనుఉత్తీర్ణుడయ్యాడు
అనుఉత్తీర్ణుడవు

परीक्षा में उत्तीर्ण न होना।

वह एक बार ही अनुत्तीर्ण हुआ।
अनुत्तीर्ण होना, फेल होना

Go successfully through a test or a selection process.

She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now.
make it, pass

Meaning : Fall short in what is expected.

Example : She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust.

Meaning : Become bankrupt or insolvent. Fail financially and close.

Example : The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor.
A number of banks failed that year.

Meaning : Prove insufficient.

Example : The water supply for the town failed after a long drought.

Synonyms : give out, run out

Meaning : Get worse.

Example : Her health is declining.

Fail meaning in Telugu.