failures
FAYL-yurz/ˈfeɪ.ljɚz/UKFAYL-yuhz/ˈfeɪ.ljəz/
- 1Plural of failure.
A series of mechanical failures grounded the entire fleet for inspection.
Investors grew nervous after several consecutive product failures.
Note
A plural that only the countable uses of the noun can take. Failure as a general state, the opposite of success, is not counted. Once it is counted, it becomes separate events or things: mechanical breakdowns, bankruptcies, omissions to do what ought to have been done, or people and ventures that did not succeed. A run of failures is a list of particular cases, not more of the condition.
failures is a form of failure
failure, noun: The state or condition of not meeting a desired or intended goal, the opposite of success. Full entry
- Forms
- failurefailures plural
- Spelling
- failure → failures: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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