Faulkner, William
Faulkner, William

fault


Definition: Meaning of, fault in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɔːlt;fɒlt /

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fault faults
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  1. responsible for mistake if something bad that has happened is your fault, you should be blamed for it, because you made a mistake or failed to do something
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  2. at fault if someone is at fault, they are responsible for something bad that has happened
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  3. something wrong with something something that is wrong with a machine, system, design etc, which prevents it from working properly
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  4. something wrong with something something that is wrong with something, which could be improved [=  flaw]
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  5. something wrong with something a mistake in the way that something was made, which spoils its appearance
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  6. somebody's character a bad or weak part of someone's character
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  7. through no fault of her/my etc own used to say that something bad that happened to someone was not caused by them
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  8. crack a large crack in the rocks that form the Earth's surface
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  9. generous/loyal/honest etc to a fault extremely generous, kind etc
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  10. tennis a mistake made when a player is SERVING the ball in tennis
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
fault faulted faulted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
faulting faults
[transitive usually passive]
  1. to criticize someone or something for a mistake
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fault used in phrases

  • Denali Fault (noun)
    1. a major open geological fault in Alaska
  • San Andreas Fault (noun)
    1. a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
  • San Andreas fault
    1. the San Andreas fault a crack in the Earth's surface which goes from the north to the south of California in the western US. The large areas of rock on either side of this crack are slowly moving in different directions, and this sometimes causes EARTHQUAKE s .
  • at fault (adjective)
    1. deserving blame
  • common fault (noun)
    1. an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  • double fault (noun)
    1. two mistakes, one after another, when you are SERVING in tennis, which make you lose a point
  • fault line (noun)
    1. geology line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
  • fault-tolerant (adjective)
    1. fault-tolerant computer/machine a computer that continues working even if it has a fault or when there is a fault in a program
  • find fault (verb)
    1. harass with constant criticism
  • foot fault (noun)
    1. a mistake in tennis when the person who SERVE s is not standing behind the line
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