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Dictionary Meaning and Definition on 'Failure'
Failure Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
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- failure
n
- an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" [ant: success]
- lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" [ant: success]
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever]
- an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [syn: bankruptcy]
- loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
- Failure \Fail"ure\, n. [From Fail.]
- Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
- Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
- Want of success; the state of having failed.
- Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
- A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
- A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Failure'
A failure (fail, phail or flop) is where a certain objective or mission is not completed. If something fails, it can lose. It is the opposite of success.
A commercial failure usually means that a commercial enterprise or company has not met its objectives, or has failed. It may have lost money due to this.
Product failure can be the failure to sell the product, or a problem with the product that may stop it from working after a while, or lead to the person using the product hurting themselves.
People who take tests or examinations will pass the test if they are successful. If they are unsuccessful they "fail" the test.
[See more about Failure at Dictionary 3.0 Encyclopedia]Words and phrases related to 'Failure'
| Loser | Nonstarter | Bankruptcy | Circumstances | Destiny |
| Disorder | Fate | Fortune | Happening | Insolvency |
| Lot | Luck | Nonaccomplishment | Nonachievement | Occurrence |
| Occurrent | Omission | Portion | Skip | Unfortunate |
| Upset |
'Failure' in famous quotation sentence
* To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. - James Allen
* The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that leaders need. - Warren Bennis
* The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. - Napoleon Hill
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* The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that leaders need. - Warren Bennis
* The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. - Napoleon Hill
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Failure Sample Sentences in News
- Heart-Failure Patients’ Cells May Be Used for Repair - Bloomberg
Israeli scientists for the first time succeeded in transforming the skin cells of heart-failure patients into healthy heart-muscle cells, suggesting that it may be possible to repair the organ with a person’s own tissue. The cells from two men ... Read more on this news related to 'Failure' - Sukhoi Crash Probe Detects No Systems Failure on Recorder - Bloomberg
The probe by Indonesian air safety specialists into the crash of a Sukhoi SuperJet flight found no sign of aircraft-systems failure, the plane’s manufacturer said. The plane’s cockpit voice recorder showed that the collision-avoidance system ... Read more on this news related to 'Failure' - SpaceX: Future or Failure? - Huffington Post
Last Friday night, we stayed up late to watch the launch of the Dragon capsule. Anna watched NASA-TV, and Doug watched the SpaceX broadcast. Because the launch of this commercial venture to replace the space shuttle for U.S. transport to the ... Read more on this news related to 'Failure'
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