fall

CEFRA1

/fɔːl/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move downward quickly, usually by accident.

  2. 02

    noun

    The season between summer and winter.

Examples

  • Did you fall in love with her at first sight?

  • I had a bad fall and broke my arm.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /faːl/
  • /foːl/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To become lower, weaker, or less successful.

  2. To be moved downwards.

  3. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

More examples

In context

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

  • I'm afraid to fall.

  • I fell unconscious on the floor.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to collapse, fall; to destroy”). Cognates Cognate with Scots faw (“to fall”), Yola vale, vall, vole (“to fall”), North Frisian faal, fåle (“to fall”), Saterland Frisian faale (“to fall”), West Frisian falle (“to fall”), Bavarian foin (“to fall”), Cimbrian ballan, vallan (“to fall”), Dutch vallen (“to fall”), German and Low German fallen (“to fall”), Luxembourgish falen (“to fall”), Yiddish פֿאַלן (faln, “to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish f...