fall
🇺🇸
/fɔːl/
🇬🇧
/fɔːl/
intransitive verb
A1
Move downward due to gravity.
The ripe fruit fell from the tree.
A1
Lose balance and come to the ground.
She fell and broke her arm.
A2
Become less in amount, number, or strength.
Her voice fell to a whisper.
B1
Enter a certain state or condition.
I fell asleep during the lecture.
R
Depend from a higher position.
Her hair fell over her shoulders.
R
Have a downward slope.
The land falls towards the river.
R
Be conquered or come under control.
The city fell to the invaders.
R
Die in conflict or be shot.
Many soldiers fell in battle.
R
Arrive or come into a certain situation.
A silence fell over the room.
R
Occur or happen.
My birthday falls on Christmas this year.
R
Be placed or located.
The stress falls on the first syllable.
R
Be categorized or classified.
This issue falls under a different category.
noun
A2
The act of falling.
She survived the fall from the cliff.
A2
A quantity that falls.
We had a heavy fall of snow last night.
A2
The season between summer and winter.
I love the colors of fall.
A2
A decrease in size, number, rate, or level.
There was a fall in sales this quarter.
R
The loss of power or success.
The fall of the empire was sudden.
R
The loss of respect due to wrongdoing.
After the scandal, he fell from grace.
R
A large waterfall.
We visited the famous falls on our trip.
R
The way something falls or happens.
The fall of the dice determined the outcome.
R
The event when Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.
translation
Move downward due to gravity.; Lose balance and come to the ground.; Become less in amount, number, or strength.; Enter a certain state or condition.; Depend from a higher position.; Have a downward slope.; Be conquered or come under control.; Die in conflict or be shot.; Arrive or come into a certain situation.; Occur or happen.; Be placed or located.; Be categorized or classified.
The act of falling.; A quantity that falls.; The season between summer and winter.; A decrease in size, number, rate, or level.; The loss of power or success.; The loss of respect due to wrongdoing.; A large waterfall.; The way something falls or happens.; The event when Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.
Word Forms
Past
fell
Perfect
fallen
3rd Present
falls
Progressive
falling
Plural
falls