svikte — meaning in English

English meaning

• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

svikte is used for these senses in English:

• fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
• yield (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.

fail — full definition

1. verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
2. verb To stop working correctly, as of a machine or system.
3. verb To let someone down by not meeting their expectations or needs.
4. noun Informal: an instance of failure or something that turns out badly.

yield — full definition

1. verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
2. verb To give way, surrender, or allow someone else to go first.
3. noun The amount of something produced, especially a crop or a financial return.

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