Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fault
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Fault
fault
~1 n 1 »RESPONSIBLE FOR MISTAKE« be sb's fault if something bad that has happened is someone's fault, they should be blamed for it, because they made a mistake or failed to do something (I'm really sorry - it's all my fault. | be sb's own fault) (She failed the test but it was her own fault, she didn't do any work. | be sb's fault (that)) (It's not my fault that the brakes didn't work properly. | be sb's fault for doing sth) (He lost his job, but it was his own fault for telling lies.) 2 at fault if a particular person, organization, or system is at fault, they are responsible for something bad that has happened (The police said that the other driver was at fault - he should have slowed down.) 3 »STH WRONG WITH STH« a) something that is wrong with a machine, system, design etc, which prevents it from working properly (a design fault) + in (It sounds like there's a fault in one of the loudspeakers.) b) something that is wrong with something, which could be improved (I suppose the book's worst fault is its total lack of good taste. | for all its faults (=in spite of its faults)) (The treaty was a great achievement for all its faults.) c) a mistake in the way that something was made, which spoils its appearance + in (The sweater had a fault in it and I had to take it back.) 4 »SB'S CHARACTER« a bad or weak part of someone's character (His worst fault is his arrogance. | I really like Sarah, but she does have her faults. | for all his/her etc faults (=in spite of someone's faults)) (For all his faults he was a good father.) 5 find fault with to criticize someone or something and complain about them (I wish you'd stop trying to find fault with everything I do.) 6 through no fault of her/my etc own used to say that something bad that happened to someone was not caused by them (Through no fault of her own, Lisa lost her job.) 7 »CRACK« a large crack in the rocks that form the Earth's surface 8 generous/kind etc to a fault extremely generous, kind etc (Generous to a fault, Mr Samson agreed to provide the necessary equipment free of charge.) 9 »TENNIS« a mistake made when a player is serving (serve1 (10)) ~2 v to find a mistake in something (cannot fault sth) (Richards gave a superb performance which could not be faulted. | be hard/difficult to fault) (His cooking's excellent - it's hard to fault.)
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(faults, faulting, faulted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault... A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own. N-SING: with poss 2. A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school. = error, mistake N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. His manners had always made her blind to his faults. ...a short delay due to a minor technical fault... = failing, flaw N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft poss N 4. If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. You can’t fault them for lack of invention... It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation. VERB: with brd-neg, V n for n/-ing, V n 5. A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. ...the San Andreas Fault. N-COUNT 6. A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. N-COUNT 7. If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. He could never accept that he had been at fault... PHRASE: v-link PHR 8. If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them. I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR with n 9. If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary. Jefferson was generous to a fault... Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm. PHRASE: usu adj PHR c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from feminine of fallitus, past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint Date: 13th century 1. obsolete lack 2. a. weakness, failing; especially a moral weakness less serious than a vice b. a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment ; defect c. an error especially in service in a net or racket game 3. a. misdemeanor b. mistake 4. responsibility for wrongdoing or failure the accident was the driver's ~ 5. a fracture in the crust of a planet (as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture Synonyms: ~, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. ~ implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit a writer of many virtues and few ~s. failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character being late is a failing of mine. frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation human frailties. foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy an eccentric's charming foibles. vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others compulsive gambling was his vice. II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to commit a ~ ; err 2. to fracture so as to produce a geologic ~ transitive verb 1. to find a ~ in easy to praise this book and to ~ it — H. G. Roepke 2. to produce a geologic ~ in 3. blame, censure can't ~ them for not coming ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a defect or imperfection of character or of structure, appearance, etc. 2 a break or other defect in an electric circuit. 3 a transgression, offence, or thing wrongly done. 4 a Tennis etc. a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules. b (in showjumping) a penalty for an error. 5 responsibility for wrongdoing, error, etc. (it will be your own fault). 6 a defect regarded as the cause of something wrong (the fault lies in the teaching methods). 7 Geol. an extended break in the continuity of strata or a vein. --v. 1 tr. find fault with; blame. 2 tr. declare to be faulty. 3 tr. Geol. break the continuity of (strata or a vein). 4 intr. commit a fault. 5 intr. Geol. show a fault. Phrases and idioms at fault guilty; to blame. fault-finder a person given to continually finding fault. fault-finding continual criticism. find fault (often foll. by with) make an adverse criticism; complain. to a fault (usu. of a commendable quality etc.) excessively (generous to a fault). Etymology: ME faut(e) f. OF ult. f. L fallere FAIL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) повреждение; отказ; неисправность; неполадка 2) дефект 3) ошибка 4) сдвиг (горной породы) 5) короткое замыкание; обрыв; нарушение (пробой) изоляции 6) пищ. лесн. порок fault to frame — замыкание на корпус; пробой на корпус - antiphase boundary fault - arcing fault - arcing ground fault - automatically repair fault - braking fault - cable fault - clean stacking fault - close-in fault - contact fault - core-to-core fault - dead earth fault - disconnection fault - dislocation-initiated stacking faults - double-ground fault - double-line-to-ground fault - double-line-to-neutral fault - double-phase-to-ground fault - earth fault - electrical fault - equivalent fault - external fault - extrinsic stacking fault - frequently occurring fault - ground fault - growth fault - hardware fault - heavy-current fault - image fault - improbable fault - insulation fault - intermittent fault - internal fault - intrinsic stacking fault - ironwork fault - latent fault - line fault - line-to-earth fault - line-to-line fault - logic fault - molding fault - one-line open fault - open-phase fault - oxidation-induced stacking faults - oxidation stacking faults - page fault - permanent fault - phase fault - phase-to-ground fault - phase-to-phase fault - physical fault - pipe fault - pole-to-earth fault - pole-to-pole fault - primary fault - program-sensitive fault - pseudotransient fault - secondary fault - self-clearing fault - series fault - sessile fault - short-line fault - shunt fault - single line-to-earth fault - single-phase line-to-ground fault - single phase-to-ground fault - solid fault - spot fault - stacking fault - subsequent faults - superlattice fault - sustained fault - symmetrical fault - three-phase fault - through fault - transient fault - turn-to-turn fault - twin fault - two-lines open fault - weak-current arcing fault ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) повреждение; отказ 2) короткое замыкание, КЗ – band fault – branch fault – cable fault – communications fault – chassis fault – damage fault – ironwork fault – line fault – node fault – off fault – on fault – open fault – parity fault – short fault ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) авария 2) вина 3) дефект 4) полигр. нарушение 5) недостаток 6) неисправность 7) отказ 8) ошибка 9) ошибочен 10) ошибочный 11) перебой 12) повреждение 13) порок 14) прерывание fault complaint service — бюро повреждений, бюро ремонта ground fault protection — земляная защита interrupt fault current — размыкать ток повреждения - chassis fault - contact fault - fault current - fault finder - fault finding - fault line - fault localization - fault place - fault probability - fault signaling - fault symptom - fault testing - fault throw - fault to frame - find a fault - ground fault - incipient fault - line-to-ground fault - locate fault - logical fault - numerical fault - random fault - stacking fault - sustained fault - systained fault - untried fault - wire fault ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) недостаток (прототипов) 2) дефект; повреждение; ошибка FAULT сущ. 1) ошибка 2) проступок • - carrier's fault - fault of administration - no fault law - no-fault law Syn: misdemeanor ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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порок, дефект FAULTY IMMUNOREGULATION иммунорегуляторное нарушение, иммунорегуляторный дефект ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. недостаток, дефект an essential fault in (of) a theory —- существенный недостаток теории a fault in cloth —- дефект в ткани to acknowledge one's faults —- признавать свои недостатки it is his great fault —- это его большой недостаток with all faults —- ком. без гарантии 2. вина the fault lies with you, not with me —- вы виноваты, а не я whose fault is it? —- чья это вина?; кто в этом виноват? it is my fault —- это моя вина at —- (редк. in) fault виноватый I'm not at fault —- я не виноват who is at fault? —- кто виноват? party in (at) fault —- юр. виновная сторона my memory is at fault —- меня подводит (мне изменяет) память 3. ошибка; промах your essay contains many faults in grammar —- в вашем сочинении много грамматических ошибок there's your fault —- вот в чем ваша ошибка to be at fault —- ошибаться, заблуждаться to find fault with smb., smth. —- придраться к кому-л., чему-л.; ворчать, жаловаться на кого-л., что-л. I have no fault to find with your work —- по вашей работе я замечаний не имею 4. проступок, провинность; нарушение (закона и т. п.) 5. неправильно поданный мяч (теннис) 6. охот. потеря следа cold fault —- уст. потерянный след 7. эл. замыкание (тока) 8. тех. авария, повреждение, неисправность fault image —- тлв. искаженное изображение fault indicator —- тех. дефектоскоп, указатель повреждений 9. геол. разлом, сброс, сдвиг (породы) Id: to a fault —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) недостаток, дефект to find fault with smb., smth. - а) придираться к кому-л., к чему-л.; бранить кого-л.; б) жаловаться на что-л. 2) промах, ошибка to be at fault - ошибаться [см. тж. fault 5) ] 3) проступок, вина through no fault of mine - не по моей вине - in fault 4) sport неправильно поданный мяч 5) hunt. потеря следа to be at fault - потерять след; fig. быть озадаченным; находиться в затруднении [см. тж. fault 2) ] 6) geol. разлом, сдвиг, сброс 7) tech. авария, повреждение, неисправность to a fault - очень; слишком; чрезмерно a fault confessed is half redressed prov. - повинную голову меч не сечет Syn: see flaw 2. v. 1) rare придираться 2) sport неправильно подавать мяч 3) geol. образовать разрыв или сброс ...Англо-русский словарь
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