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Definition: Failed |
FailedAdjective1. Unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "failed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| fah | English | Failed to attend hearing | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: FailedSynonym: failing (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Behold, you have failed. And with your dying breath, you will bear witness to the End of Days (End of Days; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe) I have never failed on a mission commander (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood) We French lost our war in Indochina because we failed to learn about the people we sought to lead (M. Butterfly; writing credit: David Henry Hwang.) Cold be heart and hand and bones, cold be travelers far from home they do not see what lies ahead when sun has failed and moon is dead (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Cuz any girl that tried has failed (Where My Girls At; performing artist: 702) Well in case you failed to notice (Foolish Games; performing artist: Jewel) I have never failed to fail (You Know You're Right; performing artist: Nirvana) I was lousy at math, failed historian (Carlene; performing artist: Phil Vassar) To my knees failed (Losing My Religion; performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Light That Failed (1939) A German Trick That Failed (1918) The Joke That Failed (1917) When His Courage Failed (1913) The Cure That Failed (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7. Credit: NASA. |  | Barren Island before the planting. The work at Barren Island provided a valuable lesson. Geotubes were placed around the perimeter of the island to form a wave break but they failed and the dredge material was washed away behind the tubes. Wave breaks in the future will be constructed of rock, which is more expensive, but a better alternative. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A failed tailings pond. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The Air Force Academy Falcons special teams unit blocked two point after attempts in their loss to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels, Sept. 30. The Rebels outscored the Falcons 34-13 after the Falcons failed to score in the second half. (P.; photo by.. |  | Hou Qing-Yi shows how acupuncture helped her to walk - where "Western" treatment failed. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |
 | "On the morning of March 27, 1945 during Okinawa preparations four suicide planes attacked the light cruiser USS Biloxi. Three were shot down in flames but the fourth broke through the umbrella of ack-ack to smash itself against the cruiser's side. Later investigation revealed a 500-kilogram bomb which failed to explode. Rendered harmless, the bomb became the prized possession of the quarterdeck where it is shown being examined by Major Anthony V. Ragusin (right) of Biloxi, Miss., and Ensign Jack Fisher, USNR, of Natchitoches, La., both of whom are attached to the staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific Ocean Areas." (Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 7 September 1945.). Credit: NAVY. |  | Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope. Nautilus thought she had attacked Soryu, and that her torpedoes had exploded when they hit the target. Most evidence, however, is that the ship attacked was Kaga, and that the torpedoes failed to detonate. The ship shown in this wartime diorama does not closely resemble either of those carriers. Credit: NAVY. |
 | The seance that failed. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bank that failed, West Frankfort, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Block the Sun" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "The basic idea here was to capture the light of the sun, and make it look like it was radiating out from my hand. Well - that idea failed." | "Thank you" by Laurent Cottier Commentary: "Fortunately it is written on the road... I failed to die 56 times!!! REMEMBER:IN ENGLAND;THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT!!!;-)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh | It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. |
Author Unknown | You have already failed if you need a lot of inspectors. |
Benjamin Disraeli | Critics are those who have failed in literature and art. |
| You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art. | |
James Baldwin | Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. |
Lewis E. Lawes | Never give up on a man until he has failed at something he likes. |
Robert E. Lee | In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. |
Thomas Love Peacock | I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Virginia commissioners, after some correspondence, fixed the first Monday in September as the time, and the city of Annapolis as the place for the meeting, but only four other States were represented, viz: Delaware, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; the commissioners appointed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Rhode Island failed to attend. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1999 | If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The first direct attempts of the proletariat to attain its own ends, made in times of universal excitement, when feudal society was being overthrown, these attempts necessarily failed, owing to the then undeveloped state of the proletariat, as well as to the absence of the economic conditions for its emancipation, conditions that had yet to be produced, and could be produced by the impending bourgeois epoch alone. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the event of any representation being made to the International Labour Office by an industrial association of employers or of workers that any of the members has failed to secure in any respect the effective observance within its jurisdiction of any convention to which it is a party, the Governing Body may communicate this representation to the Government against which it is made and may invite that Government to make such statement on the subject as it may think fit. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | One of those points on which his influence failed, he then mentioned |
Hiawatha's Photographing | Carroll, Lewis | Nor in this was he mistaken, As the picture failed completely |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Anything less than the first would have failed to soften the second |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It seems now I failed. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This was my sincere endeavor in those many discourses I had with that mighty monarch, although it unfortunately failed of success |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Beside being better off than they already, if my house had been burned or my crops had failed, I should have been nearly as well off as before |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Subsequent trials failed to demonstrate this effect. (references) | |
Such methods may be useful when a previous operation has failed. (references) | ||
A chest x-ray may show that the thymus gland has failed to develop. (references) | ||
Business | In the past, similar programs have failed due to union threatened strikes. (references) | |
Thirty- two percent failed to endorse the work report of the Supreme People's Court. (references) | ||
Judges often failed to sentence indigenous detainees within legally mandated periods. (references) | ||
Children | Seychelles | There was criticism that the police failed to investigate vigorously charges of child abuse. (references) |
Gambia | In cases of divorce, the Department of Social Welfare attempted to require periodic financial support by fathers; however, there was no criminal prosecution when fathers failed to provide financial support. (references) | |
Nicaragua | In 1999 a National Forum against the Sexual and Commercial Exploitation of Children and Adolescents was created to fight for children's rights and bring this issue to the public attention; however, it failed to take any actions during the year. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Police officers also failed to support the prosecution of those accused. (references) |
Belarus | When individuals failed to pay fines, authorities threatened to confiscate their property. (references) | |
Paraguay | The decision held that the trial judge improperly had failed to consider evidence favorable to Benitez. (references) | |
Economic History | Nigeria | The transition resumed after the failed coup. (references) |
Sri Lanka | People's Bank failed to reach most of the targets. (references) | |
Lithuania | Lithuania failed to regain the Polish-occupied Vilnius region. (references) | |
Human Rights | Macau | Facilities and personnel have failed to keep pace. (references) |
Yemen | There also were two failed kidnaping attempts against foreign diplomats. (references) | |
Brazil | As of September, seven had been built, but they have failed to resolve overcrowding. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | Indigenous groups continued to charge that the Government had failed to fulfill its commitments under the 1997 agreement. (references) |
Venezuela | The petition alleged that the Government failed in its obligation to protect the Yanomami and to seek appropriate punishment of the killers, who were released by the Brazilian authorities after 3 months' detention. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | The third suspect failed to appear for the retrial. (references) |
Political Economy | Kuwait | Those who failed to register would be considered illegal residents. (references) |
Angola | UNITA failed to comply with several fundamental aspects of the protocol. (references) | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Several revisions aimed at making the law simpler and more transparent failed. (references) | |
Political Rights | Algeria | Two parties have failed to receive registration. (references) |
Albania | In a number of cases, the courts failed to fully investigate election appeals. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | Campaign restrictions and biased media failed to ensure free and fair conditions for candidates. (references) | |
Trade | Japan | A fair number of companies have benefited or failed simply as a result of timing. (references) |
Oman | GCC members have thus far failed to agree on a common tariff policy, although the issue remains under active discussion. (references) | |
Ecuador | Although early intervention by the Superintendency of Banks is no longer required in the event of solvency problems, a regulation passed in 1996 requires the Superintendency of Banks to liquidate the assets of the failed institutions. (references) | |
Women | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Local police failed to actively pursue an investigation while the abuse was ongoing despite repeated complaints by the woman. (references) |
Russia | More than four dozen versions of a national civil law to address domestic violence have failed to make any progress in the Duma. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | In addition there have been cases in which a wife has failed to agree to a divorce, but rabbinical authorities have allowed the man to "take a second wife;" this remedy is not available to wives. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ukraine | The 1999 law failed to address this problem. (references) |
Gabon | Strikes are legal if they are held after an 8-day notice advising that outside arbitration has failed. (references) | |
Belgium | Boys who failed to gain a contract sometimes were abandoned by their agents and ended up on the streets. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that those souls which in a previous state of existence (antedating Athens) had obtained the clearest glimpses of eternal truth entered into the bodies of persons who became philosophers. Plato himself was a philosopher. The souls that had least contemplated divine truth animated the bodies of usurpers and despots. Dionysius I, who had threatened to decapitate the broad- browed philosopher, was a usurper and a despot. Plato, doubtless, was not the first to construct a system of philosophy that could be quoted against his enemies; certainly he was not the last. "Concerning the nature of the soul," saith the renowned author of Diversiones Sanctorum, "there hath been hardly more argument than that of its place in the body. Mine own belief is that the soul hath her seat in the abdomen -- in which faith we may discern and interpret a truth hitherto unintelligible, namely that the glutton is of all men most devout. He is said in the Scripture to 'make a god of his belly' -- why, then, should he not be pious, having ever his Deity with him to freshen his faith? Who so well as he can know the might and majesty that he shrines? Truly and soberly, the soul and the stomach are one Divine Entity; and such was the belief of Promasius, who nevertheless erred in denying it immortality. He had observed that its visible and material substance failed and decayed with the rest of the body after death, but of its immaterial essence he knew nothing. This is what we call the Appetite, and it survives the wreck and reek of mortality, to be rewarded or punished in another world, according to what it hath demanded in the flesh. The Appetite whose coarse clamoring was for the unwholesome viands of the general market and the public refectory shall be cast into eternal famine, whilst that which firmly through civilly insisted on ortolans, caviare, terrapin, anchovies, pates de foie gras and all such Christian comestibles shall flesh its spiritual tooth in the souls of them forever and ever, and wreak its divine thirst upon the immortal parts of the rarest and richest wines ever quaffed here below. Such is my religious faith, though I grieve to confess that neither His Holiness the Pope nor His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (whom I equally and profoundly revere) will assent to its dissemination." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Dobson | Certainly I've failed, if my goal was to be the sole voice that changes an entire nation. All I can do is try to influence those that I have access to. And I have tried to make a contribution there. |
John McCain | Oh, you just try to hang on. And you don't always succeed. Sometimes you give in. I failed. I failed. I failed. |
Rush Limbaugh | Sharpton says that Bill Clinton failed to lead the Democratic Party during last month's midterm elections, and the former president is now compounding the party's poor showing by blaming others. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The social elements, which were strong and successful when united against external danger, failed in the more difficult task of properly adjusting their own internal organization, and thus gave way the great principle of self-government. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We can be certain of our capacity to produce food, but we have often failed to distribute it as well as we should and to see that our people can afford to buy it. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Imagine how different Asia might be today if we had failed to act when the Communist army of North Korea marched south. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Just as building a structure of peace abroad has required turning away from old policies that failed, so building a new era of progress at home requires turning away from old policies that have failed. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But the fact remains that on the energy legislation, we have failed the American people. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | When I was growing up, we failed to see how a new thing called radio would transform our marketplace. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Nothing has done more to undermine our sense of responsibility than our failed welfare system. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Failed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.80% of the time. "Failed" is used about 5,434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 56.8% | 3,087 | 3,037 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 36.01% | 1,957 | 4,395 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.19% | 391 | 14,189 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,434 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "failed": be failed ♦ failed area ♦ failed element ♦ failed family ♦ failed fuel element ♦ failed fuel element monitor ♦ number of failed seize attempts RECC ♦ replacement of failed area. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "failed": failed-dieters. | |
Ending with "failed": diet-failed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "failed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i dështuar (abortive, frustrate, frustrated, washed up). (various references) | |
Arabic | سقط (bring down, cave, come off, dip, dive, down, drop, drop out, fall, go by the board, settle, skip, spill, sprawl, squirt, topple, trip, tumble). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неуспял (abortive, unsuccessful), пропаднал (forlorn, gone, irreclaimable, rotting, unsuccessful). (various references) | |
Chinese | 失败 (Abortive, Defeat, defeatist, Fail, Failing, failure, Miscarried, miscarry, Miscarrying). (various references) | |
Czech | zkrachovalý, nezdařený (abortive), neúspìšný (flop, ineffective, ineffectual, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful). (various references) | |
Danish | fejlbehæftet forbindelse (failed span, faulty span), fejlrute (alarm route, failed route), laekage fra defekte braendselselementer (leakage from failed fuel elements), alarmrute (alarm route, failed route), beskadiget braendsel (failed fuel), degenereret hoved-og skuldermønster (failed head and shoulders), det paastaas,at Den Hoeje Myndighed har gjort sig skyldig i magtfordrejning eller aabenbart har tilsidesat Traktatens bestemmelser (the High Authority is alleged to have misused its powers or to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of this Treaty), åbenbart have tilsidesat Traktatens bestemmelser eller enhver retsregel vedrørende dens gennemførelse offentsichtlich verkannt haben,33 (to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of the Treaty or any rule of law relating to its application), indkapslingsbrud (burst can, burst cartridge, burst slug, can rupture, failed element, failed fuel element), udskiftning (displacement, replacement of failed area), mislykket kultur (fail place, failed area), mislykket plantning (failed plantation), mist (fail patch, failed patch), monitor for brændselselementfejl (failed fuel element monitor), NSZTR-variabel (NSZTR, number of failed seize attempts RECC), redigerings-follow-up (edit follow-up, failed edit follow-up, FEFU), hul (concave, hole, hollow). (various references) | |
Dutch | vervolgonderzoek (edit follow-up, failed edit follow-up, FEFU, follow-up, follow-up study), vervangen van bezweken weggedeelten (replacement of failed area), verstoorde verbinding (failed span, faulty span), mislukte plek (fail patch, failed patch), mislukte aanplant (failed plantation), misgewas (failed plantation), lekmonitor voor splijtstof (failed fuel element monitor), lekkage van beschadigde splijtstofelementen (leakage from failed fuel elements), gestoorde verbinding (failed span, faulty span), de Hoge Autoriteit wordt het verwijt gemaakt,dat zij haar bevoegdheden heeft misbruikt of de bepalingen van het Verdrag klaarblijkelijk heeft miskend (the High Authority is alleged to have misused its powers or to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of this Treaty), de bepalingen van het verdrag of enige op de uitvoering daarvan betrekking hebbende rechtsregel klaarblijkelijk hebben miskend (to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of the Treaty or any rule of law relating to its application), beschadigde splijtstofomhulling (failed fuel), beschadigde splijtstofelementen (failed fuel), bekledingsdefect (burst can, burst cartridge, burst slug, failed element, failed fuel element), aantal mislukte pogingen voor verbinding met besturingskanaal (NSZTR, number of failed seize attempts RECC). (various references) | |
Finnish | yritys kilpistyi johonkin (broke down). (various references) | |
French | faillirent, faillies, faillie, failli, faillîmes, raté (failure), manqué. (various references) | |
German | scheiterte (miscarried), misslungen (abortive, miscarried), erfolglos (ineffective, luckless, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully, without success), durchgefallen (flunked). (various references) | |
Greek | αποτυχημένοσ (spoilt, wasted). (various references) | |
Hebrew | נכשל (washed up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sikertelen (abortive, still-born, unavailable, unavailing, unsuccessful), megbukott (bowled out). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kebentur (collide with). (various references) | |
Italian | mancato (abortive, unsuccessful), bocciato. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バチカン宮殿 (Bacchus, bacillus, back, back charge, back combing, back issue, back margin, back music, back screen, back-band, backbone, back-drop, backfire, backgammon, background, background music, backhand, backing, backless, backlog, back-number, backpack, backpacking, back-propagation, backs, backskin, backslash, backspace, backspin, backstab, backstop, backstretch, backstroke, backswing, backtrack, back-tracking, backup, badge, BADGE system, bag, batch, batch size, bathyscaphe, batter in the hole, buckle, bug, bugging, merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels, rearview mirror, suplex, Vatican), 浪人生 (student who failed entrance exam), 根負け (having tried and failed, running out of patience with), 大学浪人 (studentwho has failed to enter university). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バッタモン (merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels), こんまけ (having tried and failed, running out of patience with), ろうにんせい (student who failed entrance exam), だいがくろうにん (studentwho has failed to enter university). (various references) | |
Korean | 실패하는 (unsuccessful). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailedfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | família desunida (broken home, failed family), falha de combustível (failed fuel), falha (absence, brack, break, fail, imperfection, lack, miss, muff, rift, rub, shortcoming), ter ignorado,de forma manifesta,as disposições do Tratado ou qualquer norma jurídica relativa à sua aplicação (to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of the Treaty or any rule of law relating to its application), reconstrução do pavimento (replacement of failed area), monitor de falhas de elementos combustíveis (failed fuel element monitor), cabeça e ombros incompleta (failed head and shoulders), a Alta Autoridade é acusada de ter cometido um desvio de poder ou de ter ignorado,de forma manifesta,as disposições do Tratado (the High Authority is alleged to have misused its powers or to have manifestly failed to observe the provisions of this Treaty). (various references) | |
Russian | терпеть неудачу/ неудачный, неудачный (abortive, infelicitous, unchancy, unfortunate, unlucky, unsuccessful, untoward), неудавшийся. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pali (commencement, pali). (various references) | |
Spanish | fracasado (abortive, failure, loser, unsuccessful, washed up). (various references) | |
Swedish | misslyckades. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | невдалий (abortive, awry, bad, ineffectual, infelicitous, lame, nasty, naughty, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, wide), збанкрутілий (bankrupt, bust). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de autoiV iwshf ferete ta kthnh umwn kai dwsw umin artouV anti twn kthnwn umwn ei ekleloipen to argurion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quibus ille respondit adducite pecora vestra et dabo vobis pro eis cibos si pretium non habetis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | To whom he answerde, Bryngith youre beestis, and Y shal yyue to yow for hem meetis, if prijs ye han not. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then sayde Ioseph: brynge youre catell and I well geue yow for youre catell yf ye be without money. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jose miingon: Ihatag ninyo ang inyong kahayupan, ug pagahatagan ko kamo ug baylo alang sa inyong kahayupan, kong mahurot na ang salapi. |
| Croatian | Josip odgovori: "Predajte svoju stoku pa æu vam dati žita u zamjenu za stoku kad je novca nestalo." |
| Danish | Josef svarede: "Kom med eders Hjorde, så vil jeg give eder Brødkorn for dem, siden Pengene er sluppet op." |
| Dutch | En Jozef zeide: Geeft uw vee, zo zal ik het u geven voor uw vee, indien het geld ontbreekt. |
| Finnish | Joosef vastasi: "Tuokaa tänne karjanne. Minä annan teille leipää karjastanne, jos rahanne on loppunut." |
| French | Joseph dit: Donnez vos troupeaux, et je vous donnerai du pain contre vos troupeaux, si l`argent manque. |
| German | Joseph sprach: Schafft euer Vieh her, so will ich euch um das Vieh geben, weil ihr ohne Geld seid. |
| Haitian Creole | Jozèf di yo: -Si nou pa gen lajan, mennen bèt nou yo vini, n'a boukante yo pou manje. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yusuf menjawab, "Jika uangmu sudah habis, berilah ternakmu; aku akan memberi makanan kepadamu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sahut Yusuf: Bawalah binatangmu, maka aku memberikan kamu gandum ganti binatangmu, jikalau tiada uang. |
| Maori | Na ka mea a Hohepa, Homai a koutou kararehe; a ka hoatu e ahau hei utu mo a koutou kararehe, i te mea kua poto te moni. |
| Norwegian | Og Josef sa: Kom hit med eders buskap, så vil jeg gi eder brød for eders buskap, dersom I ikke har flere penger. |
| Portuguese | Respondeu José: Trazei o vosso gado, e vo-lo darei por vosso gado, se falta o dinheiro. |
| Rumanian | Iosif a zis: ,,Dayi vitele voastre, wi vq voi da pkne kn schimbul vitelor voastre, dacq nu mai aveyi argint.`` |
| Spanish | José les dijo: --Dad vuestros ganados. Si se os ha terminado el dinero, yo os daré alimentos a cambio de vuestros ganados. |
| Swedish | Josef svarade: "Fören hit eder boskap, så skall jag giva eder bröd i utbyte mot eder boskap, om I icke mer haven några penningar." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Failed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Efailwen, fabile, faciled, faided, Failand, faile, failte, fained, Faisley, falad, falde, falid, fallid, famile, familer, fauld, fayllard, Fazila, feile, felide, Feuillet, Fiala, flaied, folie. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "failed" (pronounced fā"ld) |
| 3 | -ā" l d | assailed, availed, bailed, curtailed, derailed, detailed, jailed, mailed, entailed, exhaled, hailed, impaled, inhaled, nailed, paled, prevailed, railed, regaled, sailed, scaled, tailed, trailed, unveiled, veiled, wailed. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: afield. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-l" | |
-1 letter: ailed, felid, field, filed, flied, ideal. | |
-2 letters: aide, alef, alif, dale, deaf, deal, defi, deil, delf, deli, dial, diel, fade, fail, feal, fila, file, flea, fled, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lead, leaf, lied, lief, life. | |
-3 letters: aid, ail, ale, dal, del, die, eld, elf, fad, fed, fid, fie, fil, lad, lea, led. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-i-l" | |
+1 letter: flailed. | |
+2 letters: airfield, canfield, dayflies, deadlift, dealfish, defilade, deifical, enfilade, fairlead, filiated, finagled, findable, finialed, foliaged, foliated, gadflies, hayfield, inflamed, inflated, salified. | |
+3 letters: afflicted, airfields, airlifted, amplified, backfield, calcified, canfields, clarified, coalfield, coalified, deadlifts, decalcify, defiantly, defiladed, defilades, definable, definably, deflating, deflation, defleaing, defoliant, defoliate, dwarflike, enfiladed, enfilades, fairleads, falsified, fascicled, feudalism, feudalist, feudality, feudalize, fieldfare, filagreed, filtrated, finalised, finalized, flatlined, floriated, focalised, focalized, fusillade, hayfields, lifeguard, playfield, qualified, sandflies, shadflies, zinfandel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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