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1 ♦ failure
♦ failure /ˈfeɪlɪə(r)/n.1 [cu] insuccesso, fallimento; fiasco; disastro: The party was a total failure, la festa è stata un fiasco completo (o un disastro); a miserable failure, un insuccesso clamoroso; an abject failure, un miserevole fallimento; un fallimento totale; doomed to failure, destinato (o condannato) al fallimento; to end in failure, fallire; fare fiasco; finire male; to meet with failure, fallire; non avere successo; fare fiasco2 ( di persona) fallito, fallita; fallimento; disastro; frana (fam.): He thinks of himself as a failure, si considera un fallito; He's a failure as a teacher, come insegnante, è un disastro3 [uc] (il) non fare qc.; mancanza; inadempienza; omissione: failure to obey the rules, l'inosservanza del regolamento; the government's failure to address the problem, l'inerzia del governo riguardo a questo problema; his failure to understand, la sua incapacità di capire; il fatto che non capisca; your failure to be elected, la tua mancata elezione5 (med.) collasso: cardiac failure, insufficienza cardiaca; heart failure, collasso (o arresto) cardiaco; liver failure, insufficienza epatica; kidney failure, insufficienza renale7 (comput., mecc.) guasto, panne; avaria; malfunzionamento; interruzione: engine failure, guasto al motore; (elettr.) power failure, interruzione della corrente; (comput.) failure recovery, ripristino dopo un malfunzionamento8 [uc] (fin., leg.) fallimento10 esame fallito; studente bocciato● (leg.) failure of issue, mancanza di discendenti (o d'eredi) □ (leg.) failure to appear, mancata comparizione in giudizio; contumacia □ (leg.) failure to perform, mancata esecuzione; inadempimento contrattuale.
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failure to perform — index nonperformance, omission Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
failure to perform — As regards reciprocal promises, allegation of defendant s failure to perform when demanded is equivalent to allegation of refusal to perform, unless performance by plaintiff is condition precedent to cause of action. Brooks v. Scoville, 81 Utah… … Black's law dictionary
failure to perform — As regards reciprocal promises, allegation of defendant s failure to perform when demanded is equivalent to allegation of refusal to perform, unless performance by plaintiff is condition precedent to cause of action. Brooks v. Scoville, 81 Utah… … Black's law dictionary
failure — fail·ure n 1: omission of occurrence or performance; specif: a failing to perform a duty or expected action a failure to mitigate damages failure to prosecute 2: a lack of success or adequacy failure of a suit 3: a failing in business … Law dictionary
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perform — verb 1 do a task/duty/piece of work ADVERB ▪ effectively, efficiently, properly (esp. BrE), successfully, well ▪ Who ensures that tasks are properly performed? ▪ poorly … Collocations dictionary
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perform — vb Perform, execute, discharge, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill are comparable when they mean to carry out or into effect. Perform, sometimes merely a formal synonym for do, is more often used with reference to processes than to acts. One… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
failure — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier failer, from Anglo French, from Old French faillir to fail Date: 1643 1. a. omission of occurrence or performance; specifically a failing to perform a duty or expected action < failure to pay the rent on time … New Collegiate Dictionary
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