fail

/feɪl/

US pronunciation

American sound/feɪl/

fail

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> fail

Full entry

fail / feÇl / v

၁။ (က) ~ (in sth/to do sth )
မအောင်မမြင် ဖြစ်သည်။ အရေးနိမ့်သည်။ ပျက်ကွက်သည်။ ကျရှုံးသည်။
I seem to fail in everything I do. ❍ The letter failed to arrive in time. ❍ He failed his driving test.
(ခ) စာစစ်သူက အကျပေးသည်။ စာမေးပွဲချသည်။ The examiners failed over half the candidates.
၂။ ပျက်ကွက်သည်။
He never fails to write (ie always writes) to his mother every week. ❍ She failed to keep (ie did not keep) her appointment.
၃။ ပျက်သည်။ မအောင်မြင်။ The power failed as soon as I switched on the machine. ❍ The crops have failed again.
၄။ (က) တာဝန်မကျေဖြစ်သည်။ ပျက်ကွက်သည်။ He felt he had failed his family by being unemployed. ❍ She promised that she wouldn't fail him. (ခ) (သတ္တိ) ကြောင်သွားသည်။ (စကားလုံး) ရှာမရ ဖြစ်သည်။ (နှုတ်) အ သွားသည်။ My courage failed me at the last minute. ❍ Words fail me (ie I cannot express how I feel).
၅။ (က) (ကျန်းမာရေး စသည်) ယိုယွင်းသည်။ အားနည်းသည်။ Her eyesight is failing. ❍ His last months in office were marked by failing health. (ခ) (စက်) ပျက်သည်၊ ဖောက်သည်၊ ကြောင်သည်။ The brakes failed on the hill, but I managed to stop the car.
၆။ လုပ်ငန်းစသည် ပျက်သည်၊ ရပ်သည်။
Several banks failed during the recession.
n (စာမေးပွဲတွင်) အကျ။ I got three passes and one fail.
❏ fail-safe adj
တစ်ခုခု ချွတ်ယွင်းသွားသည့်တိုင် ဘေးကင်းအောင် စီမံထားသော (စက်ကိရိယာ စသည်)။
a fail- safe device/mechanism/system.
❏ without fail [IDM ] မပျက်မကွက်။ အမြဲတမ်း။ အစဉ်သဖြင့်။ I'll be there at two o'clock without fail. ❍ He is late for every meeting without fail.

More examples

Most people who try to lose weight fail dismally.
[fail to do something] : They have failed to come up with any practical solutions.
[fail in] : He failed in his attempt to get compensation.
Attempts to revive him failed.
It looks as if the negotiations are going to fail.
He failed to come home at the usual time.
[fail in your duty/obligation] : The government is failing in its duty to protect people.
He felt he had failed his team-mates.
The political system has failed us.
The new plane failed a safety test.
She failed all her exams.
[fail on] : I failed on the written part of my driving test.
Examiners failed nearly 30% of the candidates.
The brakes failed and the van crashed into a tree.
If interest rates go up, more small businesses will fail.
At the last minute, her courage failed her.

Synonyms

be unsuccessful, not pass, not succeed, fall short, not make the grade, not be up to snuff, abandon, abort, back out, back wrong horse, backslide, be cleaned out, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in arrears, be in vain, be ruined, be taken to the cleaners, become insolvent, betray, blink, blunder, bomb, break, break down, break one's word, close, close down, close one's doors, collapse, come to naught, come to nothing, crash, decline, defalcate, default, desert, deteriorate, die, diminish, disappear, disappoint, discount, dishonor, disregard, drop, drop a bundle, dwindle, end, fade, fall, fall flat, fall through, fault, finish, fizzle, flop, flounder, fluff, flunk, fold, forget, forsake, founder, funk, give up, go astray, go bankrupt, go belly up, go broke, go bust, go down, go down swinging, go downhill, go into Chapter 11, go on the blink, go out of business, go pear-shaped, go to the wall, go under, go up, go up in smoke, go wrong, grind to a halt, hit bottom, hit the skids, ignore, let down, lose big, lose control, lose money, lose one's shirt, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miscarry, miss, miss the boat, miss the mark, neglect, nose-dive, not come up to scratch, omit, overdraw, overlook, overpass, pack up, play into, repudiate, run aground, seize up, slight, slip, stop, stop working, terminate, turn out badly, wane, weaken

Antonyms

accomplish, achieve, ascend, attend, bear, begin, build, capture, commence, complete, continue, correct, create, deliver, develop, do well, earn, finish, gain, go up, merit, obtain, pass, pay attention, procure, prosper, rally, reach, regard, remember, respect, rise, satisfy, start, succeed, thrive, win