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Results for: "fail"

Translating from English to Norwegian

Translations:

fail — to be unsuccessful
→ mislykkes
→ stryke
fail — cease to operate
→ mislykkes
→ svikte
fail — to fail to achieve something
→ mislykkes

More translations:

fail
→ mislykkes, slå feil, ikke klare
fail
→ svikte, ikke virke, *fungere
fail
→ svikte, svinne
fail
→ (la) stryke, dumpe
fail
→ svikte, skuffe

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (11)

1. fail to do something; leave something undone;
- Example: "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
- Example: "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
[syn: fail, neglect]

2. be unsuccessful;
- Example: "Where do today's public schools fail?"
- Example: "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
[syn: fail, go wrong, miscarry]

3. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake;
- Example: "His sense of smell failed him this time"
- Example: "His strength finally failed him"
- Example: "His children failed him in the crisis"
[syn: fail, betray]

4. stop operating or functioning;
- Example: "The engine finally went"
- Example: "The car died on the road"
- Example: "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- Example: "The coffee maker broke"
- Example: "The engine failed on the way to town"
- Example: "her eyesight went after the accident"
[syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]

5. be unable;
- Example: "I fail to understand your motives"

6. judge unacceptable;
- Example: "The teacher failed six students"

7. fail to get a passing grade;
- Example: "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
- Example: "Did I fail the test?"
[syn: fail, flunk, bomb, flush it]

8. fall short in what is expected;
- Example: "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
- Example: "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"

9. become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;
- Example: "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
- Example: "A number of banks failed that year"

10. prove insufficient;
- Example: "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
[syn: fail, run out, give out]

11. get worse;
- Example: "Her health is declining"