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To be unsuccessful.
example
Throughout my life, I have always failed.
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Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
example
The truck failed to start.
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To neglect.
example
The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.
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Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
example
After running five minutes, the engine failed.
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To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
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To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
example
I failed English last year.
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To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
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The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.
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To miss attaining; to lose.
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
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The crops failed last year.
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To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
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To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
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To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
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A sick man fails.
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To perish; to die; used of a person.
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To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
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To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.