Слово англійською: fault

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Переклад fault українською: вина́, прови́на, по́милка, ва́да (механі́зму і т. д.), дефе́кт, подві́йна по́милка

Детальний опис

fault

noun
/fɔːlt/

    responsibility

  1. [uncountable] the responsibility for something wrong that has happened or been done
    • Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault?
    • It's nobody's fault.
    • He believes that the product’s poor image is partly the fault of the press.
    • fault (that)… It was his fault that we were late.
    • fault for doing something It's your own fault for being careless.
    • fault for something He would not admit fault for the collision.
    • at fault I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us.
    • Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.
    see also no-fault
    2.

    in somebody’s character

  2. [countable] a bad or weak aspect of somebody’s character synonym shortcoming
    • He's proud of his children and blind to their faults.
    • I love her for all her faults (= in spite of them).
    • I think my worst fault is impatience.
    3.

    something wrong

  3. [countable] something that is wrong or not perfect; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly synonym defect
    • The book's virtues far outweigh its faults.
    • a mechanical/technical fault
    • The fire was caused by an electrical fault.
    • The system, for all its faults, is the best available at the moment.
    • fault in something a major fault in the design
    • We're trying to correct the faults in the program.
    • fault with something a common fault with this type of machine
    • without fault The film is not without fault.
    4.

    in tennis

  4. [countable] a mistake made when serving
    • He has served a number of double faults in this set.
    • Even tennis champions sometimes serve double faults.
    see also double fault, double-fault, foot fault

    5. geology

  5. [countable] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth’s crust
    • the San Andreas fault
    • a fault line
    6. Word OriginMiddle English faut(e) ‘lack, failing’, from Old French, based on Latin fallere ‘deceive’. The -l- was added (in French and English) in the 15th cent. to conform with the Latin word, but did not become standard in English until the 17th cent., remaining silent in pronunciation until well into the 18th.
Idioms
find fault (with somebody/something)
  1. to look for and discover mistakes in somebody/something; to complain about somebody/something
    • My mother did nothing but find fault with my manners.
    • My boss finds fault with everything I do.
to a fault
  1. used to say that somebody has a lot, or even too much, of a particular good quality
    • She is generous to a fault.
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