fail

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /feɪl/US /feɪl/

Meaning

verb
to not be successful in achieving something
Many diets fail because they are boring.

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So I think it fair to say that, by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale.

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Working on improvised tables in the garage of his Seattle home and using his parents' savings as startup capital, Jeff defied the forces that cause most young companies to fail.

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Dweck has shown that when kids read and learn about the brain and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because

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