verb🔗ShareÉchouerTo be unsuccessful."Throughout my life, I have always failed."Tout au long de ma vie, j'ai toujours échoué.outcomeachievementbusinesseducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouerNot to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"The truck failed to start."Le camion n'a pas démarré.achievementoutcomeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareNégliger, échouerTo neglect."The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."Le rapport néglige de prendre en compte tous les facteurs atténuants.attitudecharactermoralactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTomber en panne, cesser de fonctionnerOf a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."After running five minutes, the engine failed."Après avoir fonctionné cinq minutes, le moteur est tombé en panne.technicalmachinedevicetechnologysystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, faillir, manquerTo be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert."The project is failing to meet the deadline; we are insufficiently prepared. "Le projet ne parvient pas à respecter le délai ; nous ne sommes pas suffisamment préparés.outcomeactioncharacterconditionsituationnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouerTo receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."I failed English last year."J'ai échoué en anglais l'année dernière.educationachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, refuserTo give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments."Le professeur m'a refusé parce que je n'avais terminé aucun des devoirs du cours.educationachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, manquerTo miss attaining; to lose."My younger sister is failing her math test; she's missing the answers. "Ma jeune sœur est en train d'échouer à son contrôle de maths ; elle manque les réponses.outcomeactionachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, manquerTo be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence."The crops failed last year."Les récoltes ont échoué l'année dernière.conditionqualityabilitynegativeoutcomeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, manquerTo be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."The student was failing of the necessary skills to pass the exam. "L'étudiant manquait des compétences nécessaires pour réussir l'examen.conditionstatenegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉchouer, décliner, dépérirTo fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."The student's grades were failing because of their lack of attendance. "Les notes de l'élève ont échoué en raison de son manque d'assiduité.conditionprocessnatureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDéfaillir, faiblirTo deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."A sick man fails."Un homme malade faiblit.conditionphysiologymedicinebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMourir, décéderTo perish; to die; used of a person."My grandmother is failing; her health is declining rapidly. "Ma grand-mère est en train de mourir ; sa santé décline rapidement.personhumanbeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareéchouer, faillirTo err in judgment; to be mistaken."The student was failing to understand the complex math problem. "L'étudiant échouait à comprendre le problème de mathématiques complexe.mindactionphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire faillite, échouerTo 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."The struggling business was failing to meet its debt payments and was eventually forced to close. "L'entreprise en difficulté n'arrivait pas à honorer ses dettes et a finalement été contrainte de fermer.businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFaiblesse, défautWeakness; defect"His worst failing is his temper."Son pire défaut est son caractère.characternegativequalityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition🔗ShareÀ défaut de, en l'absence deIf the preferred or prior option is not possible"A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement."À défaut d'accord, une grande proportion des femmes employées dans d'autres entreprises auraient signifié leur intention de faire grève.possibilityoutcomeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
