fault

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/fɔːlt/
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faultsubstantiv
faults
Pl.
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Übersetzungen
It was not his fault that the project failed.
Это была не его вина, что проект провалился.
Every person has a fault or two.
У каждого человека есть один или два недостатка.
The earthquake was caused by a fault in the Earth's crust.
Землетрясение было вызвано разломом в земной коре.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Definitionen
An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.
Her biggest fault is being overly critical of others.
Responsibility for an accident or misfortune.
The driver admitted fault in the car accident.
A crack in the Earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
The San Andreas Fault is a well-known geological feature in California.
A mistake or error.
The software had a fault that caused it to crash unexpectedly.
In tennis, a service that fails to land in the correct area of the opponent's court.
He lost the point after serving a double fault.
A defect or imperfection in a machine, system, or process that causes it to malfunction or perform incorrectly.
The technician traced the electrical fault to a blown fuse.
faultverb
faulted
Präteritum
faulted
Partizip Perfekt
faulting
Gerundium
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He tends to fault others for his mistakes.
Он склонен винить других за свои ошибки.
She cannot fault him for trying his best.
Она не может обвинять его за то, что он старался изо всех сил.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
Definitionen
To criticize or find error in someone or something.
She tends to fault her colleagues for minor mistakes.
To attribute a mistake or error to someone or something.
He faulted the software for the system crash.
To fracture or displace rock strata so as to create a geological fault.
Sedimentary layers were faulted and folded by tectonic forces.
faultadjektiv
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Used attributively before nouns to denote relation to a fault or malfunction.
Definitionen
Relating to or caused by a fault, especially a geological or mechanical one; malfunctioning.
Emergency teams monitored the fault sensors along the pipeline.
faultinterjektion
Exclamation used in tennis and similar sports to announce an invalid serve.
Definitionen
Used by an umpire or observer to declare that a serve is invalid or out of bounds.
"Fault!" shouted the umpire after the ball missed the service box.