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  • 51fault — 1. noun 1) he has his faults Syn: defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, frailty, foible, vice Ant: merit, strength 2) engineers have located …

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  • 52fault — [[t]fɔlt[/t]] n. 1) a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing 2) responsibility for failure or a wrongful act 3) an error or mistake 4) a misdeed or transgression 5) spo (in tennis, handball, etc.) a) a ball that when served does not land in the… …

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  • 53find —   Loa a;    ♦ find enough, hulilawa (rare);    ♦ find out even smallest things, ho omakauli i.    ♦ Find fault, see fault …

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  • 54find — [c]/faɪnd / (say fuynd) verb (found, finding) –verb (t) 1. to come upon by chance; meet: to find a dollar in the street. 2. to learn, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find wisdom. 3. to discover: to find gold. 4. to recover (something… …

  • 55fault — {{11}}fault (n.) late 13c., faute, deficiency, from O.Fr. faute (12c.) opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency, from V.L. *fallita a shortcoming, falling, noun use of fem. pp., from L. falsus deceptive, feigned, spurious, pp. of… …

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  • 56fault — [fɔ:lt, fɒlt] noun 1》 an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature; a defect or mistake.     ↘(in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules. 2》 responsibility for an accident or misfortune. 3》 Geology an… …

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  • 57fault — 1. noun 1) he has his faults Syn: defect, failing, imperfection, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, weakness, vice 2) engineers have located the fault Syn: defect, flaw, imperfection …

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  • 58fault — See: AT FAULT, FIND FAULT, TO A FAULT …

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  • 59fault — See: AT FAULT, FIND FAULT, TO A FAULT …

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  • 60fault — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, abysm, abyss, accountability, accountable, accuse, answerability, answerable, arroyo, at fault, atrocity, bad habit, besetting sin, birthmark, blackhead, blame, blameworthy, bleb, blemish,… …

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