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I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay.
Ken Jeong

Meaning of "to a fault" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO A FAULT

to a fault play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO A FAULT

to a degree
to a frazzle
to a man
to a nicety
to a T
to a turn
to account
to advantage
to all appearances
to all intents and purposes
to and fro
to arms!
to be a hospital case
to be a one-man show
to be a one-way street
to be a warning shot
to be able to do sth blindfolded
to be as American as apple pie
to be blissfully ignorant of sth
to be brought to bed

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO A FAULT

assault
at fault
by default
compound fault
default
dip fault
dip-slip fault
double fault
electrical fault
fault
find fault
foot fault
gravity fault
judgment by default
oblique fault
oblique-slip fault
strike fault
strike-slip fault
thrust fault
vault

Synonyms and antonyms of to a fault in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TO A FAULT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «to a fault» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of to a fault

Translation of «to a fault» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO A FAULT

Find out the translation of to a fault to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to a fault from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to a fault» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一个故障
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a un fallo
570 millions of speakers

English

to a fault
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक गलती के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلى خطأ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неисправности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a uma falha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি ফল্ট থেকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à un défaut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepada kesalahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eines Fehlers
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

障害へ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과실로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo fault
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một lỗi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு தவறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉल्टमध्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bir hataya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per un guasto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

do winy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несправності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la un defect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σε ένα σφάλμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n fout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till ett fel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til en feil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to a fault

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO A FAULT»

The term «to a fault» is very widely used and occupies the 4.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO A FAULT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to a fault

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8 QUOTES WITH «TO A FAULT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word to a fault.
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Waris Ahluwalia
My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.
2
Arthur Baer
She's generous to a fault - if it's her own.
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Ellen Barkin
I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.
4
Aimee Bender
As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.
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Jennifer Grant
One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away.
6
Max Greenfield
I think the most important foundation about any relationship is just being honest. You've got to. My wife and I are honest to a fault with each other, and we're best friends on top of it, so we're very fortunate.
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Ken Jeong
I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay.
8
Doug Liman
I don't really analyze my process. I do know that if it's not right, I won't move on. I'm tenacious to a fault about that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO A FAULT»

Discover the use of to a fault in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to a fault and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Good To a Fault: A Novel
Shortlisted for Canada's prestigious Giller Prize, this "profoundly humane novel" (Vancouver Sun), wrings suspense and humor out of the everyday choices we make, revealing the delicate balance between sacrifice and self-interest, doing good ...
Marina Endicott, 2010
2
To a Fault
Winner of the 2005 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature; winner of the 2005 Ireland Chair for Poetry Award; the only poetry book long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.
Nick Laird, 2007
3
Blaming others to a fault?
This article explores patterns of blaming identified in a nationally representative survey of traumatic-injury victims in the United States, conducted by RAND's Institute for Civil Justice in 1991.
Robert J. MacCoun, 1994
4
Fault Diagnosis of Nonlinear Systems Using a Hybrid Approach
The vector fields f, η, and φ represent the dynamics of the nominal model, the modeling uncertainty (including external disturbances as well as modeling errors ), and the change in the system dynamics due to a fault, respectively. Thus, as can ...
Ehsan Sobhani-Tehrani, Khashayar Khorasani, 2009
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Tuffs: Their Properties, Uses, Hydrology, and Resources
Fractures striking perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to a fault trace do not produce any vertical displacement across a fault. However, fractures striking along or at some acute angle to a fault trace can produce vertical offset. Fractures  ...
Grant Heiken, 2006
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Fault-tolerant Topology and Digital Control Methods for ...
However, a practical modular system will have a larger number of converter, leading to smaller step input voltages corresponding to a single converter failure (^rj% ). For example, in a ten-converter system, the step input voltage due to a fault ...
Vijay N. Choudhary, 2008
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3-D Structural Geology: A Practical Guide to Surface and ...
The northwest component of dip shown by the footwall in both seams is opposite to the regional trend and is caused by a relay zone of displacement transfer to a fault that is off the map to the west. Both seams have similar throws, with the ...
Richard H. Groshong, 1999
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Fundamentals of Electrical Design: Preliminary and Detailed ...
... or reduced in accordance asses through the transformer. hort circuit current, but rent supplied to a fault circuit current, but the reduced in accordance 2-4.2.2 Short circuit current from the above s sustain the peak short circuit current. Instead ...
David R. Carpenter, PhD.
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The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology: Folds and Fractures
The term splay is also given to a fault which asymptotically branches off from another fault. Figure 23.4 shows the current nomenclature for isolated-, diverging -, rejoining- and connecting-splay faults. Where rejoining splays isolate a lens ...
John G. Ramsay, 1987
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Smart Card Applications: Design models for using and ...
The same response must be taken if the smart card fails entirely due to a fault. Table 8.4 summarizes the actions to be taken according to the probability of occurrence of a fault. Table 8.4 Fault impacts and corresponding typical actions by ...
Wolfgang Rankl, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO A FAULT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term to a fault is used in the context of the following news items.
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REVIEW: 'The Fault in Our Stars' film is loyal to a fault
I say that to preface my statement that “The Fault in Our Stars” is one of the most loyal, true-to-the-book adaptations I've ever seen. It's as if screenwriters Scott ... «Indianapolis Business Journal, Jun 14»
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Major metro delays due to a fault at Jesmond
Earlier in the morning there had been major delays to trains from Regent Centre to South Shields and South Hylton due to a track fault, but this was cleared ... «ChronicleLive, Jan 14»
3
The Accidental Mom
More than once in Marina Endicott's new novel, “Good to a Fault,” you might wonder if you've wandered into the world of Barbara Pym and her “excellent women ... «New York Times, May 10»

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