to fail
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3.2
- verb
- /feɪl/
:
debilitarse
- His health has been failing for several years, requiring regular medical attention.
- failing health
- a failing heart
- failing systems
Her vitals began to fail and she started to die.
- Her vitals began to fail and she started to die.
- You know, I think his livers failing was the most common.
- But heating up muscles causes them to fail, to be able to generate more contractions.
- So love this standards over goals principle, knowing where one fails, points of vulnerability.
- You know, my marriage was failing and, you know, it was just tough.
- How do we stop resilience from failing, right?
Examples
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Meanwhile, economic growth was apparently failing to benefit the majority of poor Latin Americans.
Academic text (1992) -
Explain that just because his kidneys are failing now doesn't mean he will need dialysis in the near future.
Academic text (2015) -
It's the state that is failing the people of California.
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The government is failing on its primary job.
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Her vitals began to fail and she started to die.
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The rural areas have the same problems with failing systems that we find in rural areas of Kentucky.
Academic text (1994) -
In the course of time, however, failing health left him an unhappy and peevish man.
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So, I mean, it was only like a year after my dad kicked it, my mom's health is failing.
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Recent reports of Layls' failing health were denied by his personal physician, Dr. Park.
Fiction book (1992) -
Soon, Columbus knew, his arthritic and gout-ridden body would fail him, and it would be too late.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
146
5.9
To get worse in quality, condition, or value
48
4.9
To lose confidence, strength, or determination and become less able to continue
37
3.9
To become worse over time in quality or condition
17
4.1
To become bad or fail, for example a relationship
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Etymology
Fail comes from an old word fallere meaning 'to let down' or 'be lacking'. So when someone's strength or health fails, it 'gives out' or becomes weaker over time.