fault
🇺🇸
/fɔːlt/
🇬🇧
/fɔːlt/
noun
B2
blame for something bad that happened
It was his fault that we missed the bus.
B2
a bad part of someone's personality
My biggest fault is that I talk too much.
B2
something wrong or not working right
The computer has a fault that makes it shut down.
R
a bad serve in tennis
She lost the point because of a fault.
R
a crack in the earth's rock layers
The earthquake happened along a major fault.
verb
R
to find something wrong with someone or something
No one could fault her hard work.
translation
blame for something bad that happened; a bad part of someone's personality; something wrong or not working right; a bad serve in tennis; a crack in the earth's rock layers
to find something wrong with someone or something
Word Forms
Plural
faults
Progressive
faulting
Past
faulted
Perfect
faulted
3rd Present
faults