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Fault Large Crack Surface Earth San Andreas F

query
A f____ is a large crack in the surface of the earth.A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.
...the San Andreas Fault.
word fault
full-definition
noun
If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.
There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.
A few borrowers will be in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.
A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect .
His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
...a short delay due to a minor technical fault.
Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed.
For all its faults, the film presents a clear message.
A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.
...the San Andreas Fault.
A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.
verb
If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.
You can't fault them for lack of invention.
It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation.
inflections faultsfaultingfaulted
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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