Betekenis van failure In het Nederlands

• 0 the fact of someone or something not succeeding:

  • The meeting was a complete/total failure.

  • I'm a bit of a failure at making (= I cannot make) cakes.

  • I feel such a failure (= so unsuccessful).

  • Their attempt to climb Everest ended in failure.

  • The whole project was doomed to failure right from the start (= it could never have succeeded).

• 1 the fact of not doing something that you must do or are expected to do:

  • His failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong.

  • Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion.

• 2 the fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should:

  • He died of heart/liver failure.

  • The accident was caused by the failure of the reactor's cooling system.

  • The number of business failures rose steeply last year.

  • After three crop failures in a row, the people face starvation.

• 3 a lack of success in doing something:

  • [ U ] Their attempt to sail across the Atlantic Ocean ended in failure.

  • [ C ] He was a failure as a businessman.

• 4 the fact of not doing something you should have done:

  • [ + to infinitive ] His failure to return her phone call told her that something was wrong.

• 5 the fact of something not working as it should:

  • [ U ] He died of heart failure.

  • [ C ] The new computer system was a complete failure (= It did not work).

• 6 a situation in which a company has been unsuccessful and has to stop operating:

  • The number and seriousness of the bank failures took economists by surprise.

  • We're finally seeing a slowdown in the rate of business failures.

• 7 lack of success in trying to do something:

  • If you're too scared of failure, you'll never try to achieve anything.

• 8 a situation in which a machine or system stops working:

  • The cause of the crash is now thought to be engine failure.

• 9 someone or something that is not successful:

  • He always thought of himself as a failure.

• 10 a situation in which someone does not do something they should do or are expected to do:

  • The banks' failure to regulate more reckless lending led directly to the financial crisis.