how to pronounce failure

/ˈfɛɪ.ljəɹ/

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failure is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of failure in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… direct result of the failure of a Labour …”

meaning of failure

Failure means the state of not being able to succeed or achieve a goal.

failure frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word failure occurs in english on average 77.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics failure can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that failure can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;