Definition for: fall

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English

Etymology

Old English feallan

Pronunciation

• AHD: /fôl/
• IPA: /fɔːl/
• SAMPA: /fO:l/

Rhymes: -ɔːl

Verb

to fall ( third-person singular simple present falls , present participle falling , simple past fell , past participle fallen )

1. (intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity

   Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.

2. to come down, to drop or descend

   The rain fell at dawn.

3. to come to the ground deliberately, to prostate oneself

   He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.

4. to be brought to the ground; to collapse, to be overthrown or defeated; to die

   Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.

5. to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate

   And so it falls to me to make this important decision.

6. (transitive) ( followed by an adjective ) To become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows.

   She has fallen ill.

   • Usage note: Now only used in certain set phrases and expressions (see "Derived terms" below).

Synonyms

• drop

Translations

move to a lower position under the effect of gravity

To come down or descend

To prostate oneself

To be brought to earth or be overthrown

To be allotted to

To become or change into

Derived terms

• fall apart
• fall asleep
• fall down
• fall for
• fall foul of
• fall ill
• fall in love
• fall into
• fall off
• fall over
• fall pregnant

Noun

fall ( plural falls )

1. The act of moving in gas or vaccum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.
2. ( chiefly US; obsolete in Commonwealth English; from the falling of leaves during this season ) Autumn.
3. A loss of greatness or status; as, the fall of Rome.
4. ( cricket ) (of a wicket) The act of a batsman being out.
5. (In plural only: falls ) A waterfall.
6. ( curling ) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown in an area to drift in a given direction

Synonyms

• ( act of moving under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point ): drop
• ( season ): autumn ( Commonwealth English )

Translations

act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point

season See autumn

loss of greatness or status

cricket: the act of a batsman being out

• Chinese : 落下 (luoxia), 跌倒 (diedao), 秋季 (qiuji)
• Guarani : 'a, kúi
• Indonesian : musim gugur
• Maori : ngahuru
• Tupinambá : 'ara, kuîa

Derived terms

• take the fall

See also

• falls
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Albanian

Etymology

From Arabic

Noun

fall

1. prophecy

Breton

Adjective

fall

1. bad

Swedish

Noun

fall n ( plural fall , definite singular fallet , definite plural fallen )

1. fall ( the act of falling )
2. case ( in the legal sense )

Other Translations for "fall"

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Binary		1100110 1100001 1101100 1101100
Hex		66616C6C
Pig Latin		allfay

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