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fault
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- pronunciation:
- fawlt
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- at fault, find fault, to a fault
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a defect; flaw; weakness.
- synonyms:
- defect, deficiency, failing, flaw, frailty, imperfection, shortcoming, vice, weakness
- antonyms:
- excellence, merit, strength
- similar words:
- bug, foible, glitch, hole, infirmity, kink, liability, peccadillo
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| definition 2: |
a mistake; error.
- synonyms:
- defect, error, mistake, slip, slip-up
- similar words:
- blunder, bug, flub, goof, indiscretion, misdeed, misstep, offense, oversight, peccadillo, trip, wrongdoing
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| definition 3: |
responsibility for a mistake or error.
- synonyms:
- blame, culpability, onus
- similar words:
- guilt, liability, negligence, responsibility
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| definition 4: |
a break in a body of rock that is part of the earth's crust, with the result that the planes of contiguous surfaces are displaced.
- synonyms:
- flaw
- similar words:
- chink, crack, crevice, fissure, rift
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| definition 5: |
in tennis, a serve that falls outside the service court on the opponent's side.
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| related words: |
blemish, blot, chip, downfall, drawback, joint, lapse |
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| phrase: |
at fault, find fault, to a fault |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
faults, faulting, faulted |
| definition: |
to be in error; commit a blunder or mistake.
- synonyms:
- err, goof, mistake, slip, stumble
- similar words:
- blunder, bungle, flub, miscalculate, misjudge, offend
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| related words: |
lapse |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to blame, criticize, or find fault with.
- synonyms:
- accuse, blame, criticize, reprehend, reprove
- similar words:
- censure, impugn, miscalculate, misjudge, rebuke, reprimand, reproach
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| related words: |
arraign |
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