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Meaning of 'fault' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fault [ n.]
- Defect; want; lack; default.
- Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.
- A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
- A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
- In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
- A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
- Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
2 . Fault [ v. i.]
- To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.
3 . Fault [ v. t.]
- To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
- To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

Meaning of 'fault' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fault [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an imperfection in an object or machine
Example in sentence:
  • a flaw caused the crystal to shatter;
  • if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer
Meaning (2):
- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
Example in sentence:
  • he knew his own faults much better than she did;
  • they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
Meaning (3):
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Example in sentence:
  • he made a bad mistake;
  • I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults;
  • she was quick to point out my errors
Meaning (4):
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
Example in sentence:
  • he served too many double faults
Meaning (5):
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Example in sentence:
  • he studied the faulting of the earth's crust;
  • they built it right over a geological fault
Meaning (6):
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
Example in sentence:
  • it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
Meaning (7):
- responsibility for a bad situation or event
Example in sentence:
  • it was John's fault

Nearby Words:

faubourg faucal fauces faucet fauchion faucial faugh faulchion faulcon fauld

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