fault in English dictionary

  • fault

    Meanings and definitions of "fault"

    • (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity
    • (tennis) An illegal serve.
    • (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
    • (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
    • (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
    • (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
    • A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
    • A mistake or error.
    • A weakness of character.
    • A minor offense.
    • Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
    • noun
      A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
    • noun
      A mistake or error.
    • noun
      A weakness of character; a failing.
    • noun
      A minor offense.
    • noun
      Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
    • noun
      (seismology)
      A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
    • noun
      (mining)
      In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
    • noun
      (tennis)
      An illegal serve.
    • noun
      (electrical)
      An abnormal connection in a circuit.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      want; lack
    • noun
      (hunting)
      A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
    • verb
      (intransitive, geology)
      To fracture.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To commit a mistake or error.
    • verb
      (intransitive, computing)
      To undergo a page fault.
    • defect
    • mistake, e.g., of a person
    • geological fracture through rock
    • A fracture or a zone of fractures along which there has been displacement of the sides relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
    • A programming error that can cause the software to fail.
    • A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
    • fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence)
    • An imperfection in a device or machine.
    • Wrong act done deliberately or good act omitted deliberately.
    • noun
      an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
    • noun
      a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
    • noun
      (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
    • noun
      (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
    • noun
      responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"
    • noun
      (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"
    • noun
      the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
    • verb
      put or pin the blame on

    Synonyms of "fault" in English dictionary

    cleft, mistake, crack are the top synonyms of "fault" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "fault" in English dictionary

    merit, absolve are the top antonyms of "fault" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fault

    • fault ( third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza fault, lm  liczba mnoga faults
    • fault ( plural  faults)
    • fault (plural faults)
    • fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)
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