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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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failure

/ˈfeɪljə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfeɪljə/
failure
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

fai - lure -> failure

Myanmar meaning

(n) (က) [U] မအောင်မြင်ခြင်း။ ပျက်ကွက် ခြင်း။ ကျရှုံးခြင်း။ မဖြစ်ထွန်းခြင်း။ မအောင်မြင်ခြင်း။ ပြတ်တောက်ခြင်း။ မဖြစ်ထွန်း ခြင်း။ ပျက်ခြင်း။ (နှလုံး) ရပ်ခြင်း။ ပျက်ကွက်ခြင်း။

Full entry

failure / 'feÇljǝ(r) / n

၁။ (က) [U] မအောင်မြင်ခြင်း။ ပျက်ကွက် ခြင်း။ ကျရှုံးခြင်း။ Failure in this examination should not stop you trying again. ❍ The enterprise was doomed to failure. ❍ All my efforts ended in failure. (ခ) [C] မဖြစ်ထွန်းခြင်း။ မအောင်မြင်ခြင်း။ My attempt to make friends with her mother was a disastrous/dismal/total failure. ❍ He was a failure as a teacher. ❍ Success came after many failures.
၂။ [U,C] ပြတ်တောက်ခြင်း။ မဖြစ်ထွန်း ခြင်း။ ပျက်ခြင်း။ (နှလုံး) ရပ်ခြင်း။ a case of heart failure ❍ mechanical failure ❍ a series of crop failures ❍ A power failure plunged everything into darkness.
၃။ [C,U] ~ to do sth ပျက်ကွက်ခြင်း။ repeated failures to appear in court ❍ the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies ❍ failure to comply with the regulations.

More examples
  • I’m too proud to admit failure.
  • [end/result in failure] : Their first attempt to climb Everest ended in failure.
  • [failure to do something] : She is depressed by her continued failure to find a job.
  • [failure of] : The failure of the talks has made the situation worse.
  • [failure of] : He was angry about the failure of the UN to intervene in the crisis.
  • [failure to do something] : Failure to comply with the rules can result in expulsion.
  • [engine/brake/power failure] : The crash seems to have been caused by an engine failure.
  • [heart/liver/kidney failure] : He died from liver failure.
  • Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year.
  • The party was a total failure.
  • I feel such a failure.
  • A failure of imagination
Synonyms
breakdown, stoppage, malfunction, crash, collapse, abortion, also-ran, bankrupt, bankruptcy, beat, bomb, born loser, botch, bum, bungle, bust, castaway, catastrophe, checkmate, closure, deadbeat, decay, decline, defaulter, defeat, deficiency, deficit, derelict, deterioration, disappointment, disaster, downfall, dud, failing, false step, faux pas, fiasco, flash in the pan, flop, frustration, good-for-nothing, has-been, implosion, inadequacy, incompetent, insolvency, insolvent, lead balloon, lemon, letdown, loafer, loser, loss, lumpy, mess, might-have-been, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, moocher, no-good, nobody, nonperformance, nonperformer, nonsuccess, overthrow, prodigal, rout, ruin, rupture, seizure, sinking ship, stalemate, total loss, turkey, underachiever, washout, wreck
Antonyms
accomplishment, achievement, achiever, attainment, benefit, betterment, blessing, continuation, earnings, enough, gain, hard worker, improvement, increase, merit, plenty, rise, success, triumph, win
Cross references
breakdownstoppagemalfunctioncrashcollapseabortionalso-ranbankruptbankruptcybeatbombborn loserbotchbumbunglebustcastawaycatastrophecheckmateclosuredeadbeatdecaydeclinedefaulterdefeatdeficiencydeficitderelict
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