Meaning of defect | Babel Free

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1. An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency. See Synonyms at blemish.
2. To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another:apostatize, desert, renegade, tergiversate, turn.
3. a fault or flaw. It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china. gebrek, fout, tekortkoming عَيْب дефект defeito kaz, chyba der Fehler defekt; mangel; brist ελάττωμα, ψεγάδιdefecto puudus, viga نقص؛ کاستی vika défautפגם दोष, खराबी greška, nedostatak hiány(osság) cacat galli difetto 欠点 결점 trūkumas trūkums; defekts belot tekort, foutfeil, mangel, skavankwada, skaza نيمګړتيا، عيب، نقص، كمبودى defeito defect недостаток; дефект kaz napaka nedostatak defekt ข้อบกพร่อง kusur, bozukluk...
4. to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert. He defected to the West. wegbreek, uitwyk, oorloop يَهْرُبُ من بِلادِه، يَتَخَلّى عن حِزْبِه، يَرْتَد напускам deserdar zběhnout; přestoupit (k) überwechseln hoppe af; flygte αυτομολώ, λιποτακτώdesertar (kellegi poole) üle jooksma ترک کردن؛ پشت کردن loikata passer à, déserter לַעֲרוֹק दलबदल करना prebjeći, dezertirati disszidál membelot hlaupast undan merkjum disertare; rifugiarsi 寝返る 변절하다 pabėgti, dezertyruoti pārbēgt;...
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5. (an act of) desertion. oorlopery هَرب، تَخَلٍّ عن حِزْب، إرتِداد дезертиране deserção zběhnutí; odpadnutí der Abfall afhopning λιποταξίαdeserción ülejooksmine ترک؛ روگردانی loikkaus défectionעריקה दलबदल dezertiranje, prebjeg disszidálás pembelotan liðhlaup defezione, diserzione 離反 변절, 저버림 dezertyravimas pārbēgšana; politiska patvēruma meklēšana pembelotan het overlopen avhopping, frafallucieczka ناكامى، بې وستيا، بې وسه توب: په وظيفه كې بيرته پاتى كېدنه، تښتېدنه، پريښودنه، پرلوزنه درېدنه dese...
6. having a fault or flaw. a defective machine; He is mentally defective. gebrekkig, defek, foutief ناقِص، فيهِ عَيْب дефектен defeituoso kazový, závadný schadhaft fejlbehæftet; defekt ελαττωματικόςdefectuoso rikkis, puudulik خراب؛ معیوب viallinen défectueux, déficientפגום त्रुटिपूर्ण kojem nešto fali, defektan sérült punya cacat gallaður; afbrigðilegur difettoso; ritardato 欠点のある 결함이 있는 su trūkumais, sugedęs, neišsivystęs defektīvs; nepilnīgs; bojāts rosak defect, gebrekkigmangelfull, defektwadl...
7. defecto; insuficiencia; fallo.
8. To disown allegiance to one's country and take up residence in another: a Soviet citizen who defected to Israel.
9. To abandon a position or association, often to join an opposing group: defected from the party over the issue of free trade.
10. a lack of something necessary for completeness or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency

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