fault
3
3.9
- noun
- /fɔlt/
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falta
- In actual play, that difference could lead to fewer points lost to double faults or more points won due to placing the serve to the backhand (usually the weaker side) of a right-handed player receiving serve.
- double fault
- foot fault
Examples
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If a pitcher throws a pitch that should be a strike and isn't called a strike, is the pitcher at fault?
Blog text (30) -
If the analysis finds fault with a design, it is sent back for remodeling to correct those faults before a prototype is produced.
Academic text (2003) -
In this position, knee and kick to the face are faults.
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The author I was more eager to see was John Green, and if you haven't read The Fault in Our Stars,
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Double fault.
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Fault.
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It was hardly surprising when he delivered three double faults and dropped serve to go down 3-5.
Blog text (5) -
This has been a controversial area over the years as the NHS attempts to cut prescribing costs: some argue that food costs do not belong in the NHS budget, while others point out that patients with coeliac disease otherwise face an added expense through no fault of their own.
Academic text (2014) -
Gilane Tawadros organized "Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes" under the auspices of the Forum for African Art, the same organization that sponsored the curators of "Authentic/Ex-Centric" in 2001.
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During the match, the player hit a double fault, and the point went to his opponent.
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.3
A system where each driver's own plan pays for their crash costs no matter who caused it
- Specialized
1
7.0
A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
A sloping break in rock where the upper block moves down because of its weight
- Specialized
Car insurance where each driver gets money from their own insurance company after a crash, no matter who caused it
- Specialized
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
- Specialized
A break in rock where strong sideways force pushes one rock layer up and over another
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fault comes from Old French faute, from a Latin verb that meant 'to fail', like the English word fail. In tennis a fault is a serve that 'fails' to land in the right place, so the word keeps the idea of not succeeding.