fallire — meaning in English

English meaning

• abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
• bankrupt adj Legally unable to pay one's debts.
• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.

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

1. verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
2. verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

bankrupt — full definition

1. adj Legally unable to pay one's debts.
2. verb To cause someone or something to run out of money entirely.

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