"Failures" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Failures refers to things that do not succeed or achieve their intended purpose.
Usage Examples for "failures"
The French word "failli" is the compound past tense of the verb "faillir", which means "to fail". In the context of an action that was attempted but did not succeed, "failli" is often translated to English as "almost" or "nearly".<br><br>Example sentence: "Je suis allé au parc, mais je faillis me tromper" means "I went to the park, but I almost got lost".
A failsafe is a system or mechanism designed to prevent a catastrophic failure or loss by automatically shutting down or interrupting a process if something goes wrong. In other words, it's a safeguard that kicks in to ensure safety and prevent harm or damage.