failure
From Wiktionary
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Pronunciation
[
change
]
(
US
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈfeɪlˌjɚ/
Audio (CA)
(
file
)
Hyphenation
: fail‧ure
Noun
[
change
]
Singular
failure
Plural
failures
Failure
is on the
Academic Vocabulary List
.
(
countable
) A
failure
is someone or something that
fails
, or does not
achieve
a
goal
.
I was a
failure
at my first job.
(
countable
) A
failure
is an
attempt
that does not
succeed
.
The rocket launch was a
failure
because of bad weather.
Categories
:
2-syllable words
Nouns
AVL
Countable nouns
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Entry
Talk
English
Views
Read
Change
View history
More
Links
Main Page
Simple talk
Community portal
New changes
Show any entry
Help
Give to Wiktionary
Word lists
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Page for printing
In other languages
العربية
বাংলা
Čeština
Dansk
Deutsch
Eesti
Ελληνικά
English
Español
Esperanto
Français
한국어
Հայերեն
Ido
Italiano
ಕನ್ನಡ
Қазақша
Kurdî
Кыргызча
Limburgs
Magyar
മലയാളം
မြန်မာဘာသာ
Nederlands
日本語
Occitan
Oromoo
Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча
پښتو
Polski
Русский
संस्कृतम्
Suomi
Svenska
தமிழ்
ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး
తెలుగు
ไทย
Türkçe
اردو
Tiếng Việt
中文