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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

failsafe en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fail-safe.
    alt of fail-safe

failsafe en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fail-safe.
    alt of fail-safe
    • Each of the proposed failsafes may, in specific cases, be effective in slowing or preventing the introgression of alleles of concern from domesticated plants into natural populations. 2005, Norman C. Ellstrand, Dangerous Liaisons?: When Cultivated Plants Mate with Their Wild Relatives:

Forms

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failsafes Number=Plur lexicographic

failsafe en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fail-safe.
    alt of fail-safe
    • 2013, Madeline Ashby, iD He was failsafing, too.

Forms

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failsafing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
failsafes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
failsafed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
failsafed Tense=Past lexicographic