Meaning of defect | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fault or malfunction.
2. An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency. See Synonyms at blemish.
3. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
4. To abandon one's cause or party usually to join another:apostatize, desert, renegade, tergiversate, turn.
5. A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
6. 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...
7. 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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8. (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...
9. 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...
10. defecto; insuficiencia; fallo.
11. To disown allegiance to one's country and take up residence in another: a Soviet citizen who defected to Israel.
12. To abandon a position or association, often to join an opposing group: defected from the party over the issue of free trade.
13. a lack of something necessary for completeness or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency

Equivalents

Examples

“a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment”

“Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects.”

“But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.”

“Another major defect of the current literature dealing with the nomenclature of hybrid forms of English is the scant attention paid to the question of frequency.”

“and the indefatigable application with which they have supplied the defects of early culture.”

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