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Engelsk navneord: fault | |||
| 1. | fault (om handling) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He made a bad mistake. She was quick to point out my errors. I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | error, mistake | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | nonaccomplishment, nonachievement | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | balls-up, ballup, betise, bloomer, blooper, blot, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, confusion, distortion, flub, folly, foolishness, foul-up, fuckup, imbecility, incursion, lapse, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misreckoning, mix-up, offside, omission, oversight, parapraxis, pratfall, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slip-up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stupidity | ||
| 2. | fault (om tilstand) an imperfection in an object or machine | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A flaw caused the crystal to shatter. If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defect, flaw | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | imperfection, imperfectness | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | blister, bug, glitch, hole | ||
| 3. | fault (om egenskab) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They discussed the merits and demerits of her novel. He knew his own faults much better than she did. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | demerit | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | worth | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | merit, virtue | ||
| 4. | fault (om ting) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They built it right over a geological fault. He studied the faulting of the earth's crust. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | inclined fault, strike-slip fault | ||
| Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault | ||
| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | fault line | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | geology | ||
| 5. | fault (om begivenhed) (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It took much longer to find the fault than to fix it. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | breakdown, equipment failure | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | electronics | ||
| 6. | fault (om egenskab) responsibility for a bad situation or event | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It was John's fault. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | responsibility, responsibleness | ||
| 7. | fault (om handling) (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He served too many double faults. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | serve, service | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | double fault, footfault | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | badminton, lawn tennis, squash, squash rackets, squash racquets, tennis | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: fault | |||
| 1. | fault (om kommunikation) put or pin the blame on | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | blame | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | accuse, charge | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | absolve, justify, free | ||
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