to a fault

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [too ey fawlt]
- /tu eɪ fɔlt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [too ey fawlt]
- /tu eɪ fɔlt/

Definitions of to a fault words

noun to a fault a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character. 1
noun to a fault responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 1
noun to a fault an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 1
noun to a fault a misdeed or transgression: to confess one's faults. 1
noun to a fault Sports. a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court. a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area. 1
noun to a fault Geology, Mining. a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture (fault plane) 1

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Origin of to a fault

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English faute < Anglo-French, Middle French < Vulgar Latin *fallita, noun use of feminine of *fallitus, for Latin falsus, past participle of fallere to be wrong

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Parts of speech for To a fault

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to a fault popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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