fallire — meaning in English
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Senses
fallire is used for these senses in English:
- abort (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- bankrupt (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
- bite the dust (idiomatic) To quit, or fail.
- fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- fail (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- fall by the wayside (idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.
- flop (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
bankrupt — full definition
- adj Legally unable to pay one's debts.
- verb To cause someone or something to run out of money entirely.
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