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fault

/fɔːlt/

/fɔlt/

faultnoun

faults

/fɔːlt/

/fɔlt/

Translations

вина

It was not his fault that the project failed.

Это была не его вина, что проект провалился.

недостаток

Every person has a fault or two.

У каждого человека есть один или два недостатка.

разлом

The earthquake was caused by a fault in the Earth's crust.

Землетрясение было вызвано разломом в земной коре.

Additional translations

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

faultverb

faulted

Past Simple

faulted

Past Participle

faulting

Gerund

/fɔːlt/

/fɔlt/

Translations

винить

He tends to fault others for his mistakes.

Он склонен винить других за свои ошибки.

обвинять

She cannot fault him for trying his best.

Она не может обвинять его за то, что он старался изо всех сил.

Additional translations

укорять

упрекать

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

faultadjective

/fɔːlt/

/fɔlt/

Used attributively before nouns to denote relation to a fault or malfunction.

Definitions

Relating to or caused by a fault, especially a geological or mechanical one; malfunctioning.

Emergency teams monitored the fault sensors along the pipeline.

Synonyms

at fault

faultinterjection

Exclamation used in tennis and similar sports to announce an invalid serve.

Definitions

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.