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1. (n.) fault
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing.
2. fault
responsibility for failure or a wrongful act.
3. fault
an error or mistake.
4. fault
a misdeed or transgression.
5. fault
(in tennis, handball, etc.)
6. fault
a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.
7. fault
a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.
8. fault
a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture
9. fault
Obs. lack; want.
10. (v.i.) fault
to commit a fault; blunder; err.
11. fault
Geol. to undergo faulting.
12. (v.t.) fault
to accuse of error; criticize.
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1. (noun) mistake, error, fault
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
"he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
2. (noun) defect, fault, flaw
an imperfection in an object or machine
"a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
3. (noun) demerit, fault
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
"they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
4. (noun) fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
"they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
5. (noun) fault
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
"it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
6. (noun) fault
responsibility for a bad situation or event
"it was John's fault"
7. (verb) fault
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
"he served too many double faults"
8. (verb) blame, fault
put or pin the blame on
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1. (noun) fault
responsibility for sth bad
It's not my fault!; If the work isn't done, it's your own fault.
2. fault
at fault
responsible
The company was at fault for not warning us.
3. fault
a weakness in sb's character; = flaw, shortcoming
We all have our faults.
4. fault
a problem or negative quality; = defect
The movie has a few faults.; a fault in the design; structural faults in the bridge
5. fault
a crack in the earth's crust where movement can happen
earthquakes along the St. Andreas fault
6. fault
find fault with
to look for reasons to criticize or blame sb
It's easy to find fault with others.
7. (verb) fault
to criticize sb
I don't fault him for trying to help.
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1. (noun) fault
defect; want; lack; default
2. (noun) fault
anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish
3. (noun) fault
a moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime
4. (noun) fault
a dislocation of the strata of the vein
5. (noun) fault
in coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc
6. (noun) fault
a lost scent; act of losing the scent
7. (noun) fault
failure to serve the ball into the proper court
8. (verb) fault
to charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame
9. (verb) fault
to interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted
10. (verb) fault
to err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong
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Sense: a mistake; something for which one is to blame
The accident was your fault.
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 Afrikaans: fout, skuld |
 Arabic: خَطَأ |
 Bulgarian: грешка |
 Brazilian: culpa |
 Czech: chyba |
 German: die Schuld |
 Danish: skyld; fejl |
 Greek: σφάλμα, φταίξιμο |
 Spanish: culpa |
 Estonian: viga, süü |
 Farsi: تقصیر |
 Finnish: virhe |
 French: faute |
 Hebrew: אַשמָה |
 Hindi: भूल |
 Croatian: pogreška |
 Hungarian: hiba |
 Indonesian: kesalahan |
 Icelandic: mistök |
 Italian: colpa |
 Japanese: 過失 |
 Korean: 과실 |
 Lithuanian: kaltė, klaida |
 Latvian: kļūda; vaina |
 Malay: kesalahan |
 Dutch: schuld |
 Norwegian: feil, skyld |
 Polish: błąd, wina |
 Persian: تقصیر |
 Pashto: غلطى، سهوه، قصور،كمى، نقص |
 Portuguese: culpa |
 Romanian: greşeală |
 Russian: вина |
 Slovak: chyba |
 Slovenian: napaka |
 Serbian: krivica |
 Swedish: fel, skuld |
 Thai: ข้อผิดพลาด |
 Turkish: kabahat, hata |
 Taiwanese: 過錯 |
 Ukrainian: помилка; провина |
 Urdu: غلطی |
 Vietnamese: khuyết điểm |
 Chinese: 过错 |
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