fail
/feɪl/ v [I] (NOT SUCCEED)Definition
› to not be able to do what you are trying to achieve or are expected to do: [+ to infinitive] She applied to Harvard University but failed to get accepted. › If you fail to see/understand what something is, you do not agree with someone’s description of a situation: [+ to infinitive] I fail to see what the problem is (= I don’t think there is a problem).
(Definition of fail v (NOT SUCCEED) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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