fail

Words with a similar base: fail

'fail'

[fail.v.01] as in: fail to do something; leave something undone

Examples:
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, disregard, neglect, disregard, negligence, negligence, neglect, neglect, neglect

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure, disregard, neglect, disregard, negligence, negligence, neglect, fail, neglect, neglect

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fail

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lose_track, miss, choke, strike_out, default, muff

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bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, default, default_option, disregard, fail, failing, failure, function, girl, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, lose_track, loser, melt, miss, move, neglect, negligence, nonpayment, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'fail'

[fail.v.02] as in: be unsuccessful

Examples:
Where do today's public schools fail?
The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, miscarry

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure, miscarriage, spontaneous_abortion

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succeed, succeed

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fail

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fall, shipwreck, botch, take_it_on_the_chin, strike_out, fall_through, miss, overreach

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adopt, authorize, bankruptcy, base_on_balls, be, be_born, bye, campaign, carry, come, communicate, comply, cope, crack, die, do, elapse, evanesce, exceed, excrete, fail, failing, failure, fall, follow, function, guide, happen, hunt, keep_up, ladder, legislate, linear, loser, manage, melt, miscarry, move, operate, oversee, pas, pass, passing, play, play_along, ply, postdate, precede, predate, prevail, pull_off, pursue, race, range, run, running, scat, sink, spend, spontaneous_abortion, stick_to, succeed, surveil, take_after, tend, trace, track, travel_by, wangle, watch, wield

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'fail'

[fail.v.03] as in: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

Examples:
His sense of smell failed him this time
His strength finally failed him
His children failed him in the crisis

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, betray, betray, cheat_on, denounce, deceive

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disappoint, prevent

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be_born, campaign, carry, deceive, fail, failing, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'fail'

[fail.v.04] as in: stop operating or functioning

Examples:
The engine finally went
The car died on the road
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
The coffee maker broke
The engine failed on the way to town
her eyesight went after the accident

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, spoil, move_over, collapse, give_way, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, emit, distribute, poop_out, go, adam, crack, go, travel, go, go, become, go, run, run, proceed, go, go, sound, function, run_low, move, survive, go, belong, go, start, move, go, go, blend, go, fit, rifle, go, plump, go, interruption, break, fault, rupture, respite, breakage, pause, fracture, break, break, break, break, break, break, open_frame, break, interrupt, break, break, break, break, transgress, break, break, break, break, break_in, break_in, violate, better, unwrap, break, break, break, break, dampen, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, separate, demote, bankrupt, break, break, break_dance, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, pause, break, break, break, break, break, break, crack, break, break, fracture, break, break, break_down, analyze, break_down, crumble, break_down, decompose, break_down

die, break, failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure, breakable, breakable, dislocation, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown

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change

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blow_out, crash, malfunction, misfire

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act, adam, affair, affect, analyze, bankrupt, bankruptcy, be_active, be_born, become, begin, beginning, belong, bequeath, better, blend, break, break_dance, break_in, breakable, breakage, campaign, carry, change, change_of_location, collapse, continuant_consonant, continue, cover, crack, dampen, deepen, demote, depart, desecrate, deviate, die, discontinue, emit, entrust, exchange, exit, fail, failing, failure, fall_back, farewell, fault, fit, forget, fracture, function, get, get_down, go, guide, hunt, impart, interrupt, interruption, ladder, lashkar-e-taiba, lease, leave, let, linear, locomotion, lose, loser, malfunction, melt, misplace, miss, motion, motivate, move, officiate, open_frame, operate, originate, pause, permit, play, plump, ply, precede, predate, prevail, proceed, race, range, rape, respite, retain, rifle, routine, run, run_low, running, rupture, scat, separate, serve, sidetrack, sound, start, starting_signal, startle, stay, suffer, survive, switch, tend, track, transfer, transgress, travel, unmake, unwrap, utter, variety, violate

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'fail'

[fail.v.05] as in: be unable

Examples:
I fail to understand your motives

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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pull_off, manage, cope, oversee, wangle, do, wield

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fail

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authorize, base_on_balls, be_born, bye, campaign, carry, communicate, cope, crack, die, do, elapse, evanesce, exceed, excrete, fail, failing, fall, function, guide, happen, hunt, ladder, legislate, linear, manage, melt, move, operate, oversee, pas, pass, passing, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, pull_off, race, range, run, running, scat, sink, spend, succeed, tend, track, travel_by, wangle, wield

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'fail'

[fail.v.06] as in: judge unacceptable

Examples:
The teacher failed six students

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

fail, failing, failing, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, failing

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base_on_balls, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, bye, pass, pass, crack, pass, passing, pas, pass, travel_by, legislate, elapse, pass, run, pass, happen, pass, spend, guide, communicate, evanesce, pass, exceed, pass, pass, pass, sink, pass, fall, pass, authorize, die, excrete, passing

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evaluate, think

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authorize, base_on_balls, baseless, be_born, bye, campaign, carry, casual, communicate, cope, crack, dead, die, digest, do, elapse, ephemeral, evanesce, exceed, excrete, extremely, fail, failing, fall, function, guide, happen, hunt, idle, ladder, legislate, linear, malfunction, manage, melt, move, operate, oversee, pas, pass, passage, passing, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, pull_off, race, range, resist, run, running, scat, sink, spend, stand, standing, succeed, tend, track, travel_by, wangle, wield

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'fail'

[fail.v.07] as in: fail to get a passing grade

Examples:
She studied hard but failed nevertheless
Did I fail the test?

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, failing, bomb, bomb_calorimeter, turkey, bombard

fail, fail, failing, failing, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, failing, bomb, bomb_calorimeter, turkey, bombard

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fail

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'fail'

[fail.v.08] as in: fall short in what is expected

Examples:
She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law
We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

fail, failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure, failing, failing, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, failing

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fail

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bankruptcy, be_born, campaign, carry, fail, failing, failure, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, loser, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track

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'fail'

[fail.v.09] as in: become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

Examples:
The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor
A number of banks failed that year

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, bankruptcy, failure

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'fail'

[fail.v.10] as in: prove insufficient

Examples:
The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, run_out, drain, run_off, run_out, spill, run_out, poop_out, emit, distribute

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fail

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be_born, campaign, carry, emit, fail, failing, function, guide, hunt, ladder, linear, melt, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, run, running, scat, tend, track, utter

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'fail'

[fail.v.11] as in: get worse

Examples:
Her health is declining

fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail

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worsen, change

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act, affect, ailment, bad, badly, be_active, be_born, campaign, carry, change, deepen, depart, deviate, evil, exchange, fail, failing, function, go, guide, hunt, ill, ladder, leave, linear, malefic, melt, motion, motivate, move, operate, play, ply, precede, predate, prevail, race, range, regretful, run, running, scat, sidetrack, switch, tend, track, transfer, travel, variety, worse, worsen

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