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ALL meanings of fault

fault
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  • noun fault An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character. 1
  • noun Definition of fault in Technology 1.   (programming)   A manifestation of an error in software. A fault, if encountered, may cause a failure. 2.   (architecture)   page fault. 1
  • intransitive verb fault make a mistake 1
  • noun fault responsibility, blame 1
  • noun fault defect in sth 1
  • noun fault flaw in sb's character 1
  • noun fault a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character. 1
  • noun fault tennis, sports 1
  • noun fault responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 1
  • noun fault geology: crack in the earth 1
  • noun fault an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 1
  • transitive verb fault criticize sb, sth 1
  • noun fault a misdeed or transgression: to confess one's faults. 1
  • noun 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 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
  • noun fault Manège. (of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out. 1
  • noun fault Electricity. a partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system. 1
  • noun fault Hunting. a break in the line of scent; a losing of the scent; check. 1
  • noun fault Obsolete. lack; want. 1
  • verb without object fault to commit a fault; blunder; err. 1
  • verb without object fault Geology. to undergo faulting. 1
  • verb with object fault Geology. to cause a fault in. 1
  • verb with object fault to find fault with, blame, or censure. 1
  • idioms fault at fault, open to censure; blameworthy: to be at fault for a mistake. in a dilemma; puzzled: to be at fault as to where to go. (of hounds) unable to find the scent. 1
  • idioms fault find fault, to seek and make known defects or flaws; complain; criticize: He constantly found fault with my behavior. 1
  • idioms fault to a fault, to an extreme degree; excessively: She was generous to a fault. 1
  • singular noun fault If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. 0
  • countable noun fault A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. 0
  • countable noun fault A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. 0
  • verb fault If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. 0
  • countable noun fault A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. 0
  • countable noun fault A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. 0
  • noun fault an imperfection; failing or defect; flaw 0
  • noun fault a mistake or error 0
  • noun fault an offence; misdeed 0
  • noun fault responsibility for a mistake or misdeed; culpability 0
  • noun fault A defect; something that detracts from perfection. 0
  • noun fault a defect in a circuit, component, or line, such as a short circuit 0
  • noun fault A mistake or error. 0
  • noun fault a fracture in the earth's crust resulting in the relative displacement and loss of continuity of the rocks on either side of it 0
  • noun fault A weakness of character; a failing. 0
  • noun fault an invalid serve, such as one that lands outside a prescribed area 0
  • noun fault A minor offense. 0
  • noun fault (in showjumping) a penalty mark given for failing to clear or refusing a fence, exceeding a time limit, etc 0
  • noun fault Blame; the responsibility for a mistake. 0
  • noun fault an instance of the hounds losing the scent 0
  • noun fault (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity. 0
  • noun fault deficiency; lack; want 0
  • noun fault (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam. 0
  • verb fault to undergo or cause to undergo a fault 0
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