Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with fail in American Collocation
fail
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/feɪl/
very badly
abysmally
completely
conspicuously
dismally
miserably
singularly
spectacularly
totally
utterly
We set ourselves some defensive targets and we failed miserably.
only just fail
narrowly
He narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympics.
fail after a period of time
ultimately
However, like so many other well-intentioned approaches in this area, it ultimately failed.
appeal
application
attempt
negotiations
plan
scheme
venture
There was no way of clearing the site and all attempts failed.