Dictionary entry

Failure

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪljə/

Pronunciation

/ˈfeɪljə/

Myanmar Meaning

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

Definition

failure / 'feÇljǝ(r) / n ၁။ (က) [U] မေအာင္ျမင္ျခင္း။ ပ်က္ကြက္ ျခင္း။ က်႐ံႈးျခင္း။ Failure in this examination should not stop you trying again. ❍ The enterprise was doomed to failure. ❍ All my efforts ended in failure. (ခ) [C] မျဖစ္ထြန္းျခင္း။ မေအာင္ျမင္ျခင္း။ 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] ျပတ္ေတာက္ျခင္း။ မျဖစ္ထြန္း ျခင္း။ ပ်က္ျခင္း။ (ႏွလံုး) ရပ္ျခင္း။ 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 ပ်က္ကြက္ျခင္း။ repeated failures to appear in court ❍ the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies ❍ failure to comply with the regulations.

Examples

  1. I’m too proud to admit failure.
  2. [end/result in failure] : Their first attempt to climb Everest ended in failure.
  3. [failure to do something] : She is depressed by her continued failure to find a job.
  4. [failure of] : The failure of the talks has made the situation worse.
  5. [failure of] : He was angry about the failure of the UN to intervene in the crisis.
  6. [failure to do something] : Failure to comply with the rules can result in expulsion.
  7. [engine/brake/power failure] : The crash seems to have been caused by an engine failure.
  8. [heart/liver/kidney failure] : He died from liver failure.
  9. Business failures soared by more than a third in the second half of this year.
  10. The party was a total failure.
  11. I feel such a failure.
  12. A failure of imagination