Fallen Meaning
/ˈfɔːlən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpast participle of fall
adjHaving dropped by the force of gravity.
Sentence Examples
Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.
What with fatigue and lack of sleep, he has fallen ill at last.
The road was partially blocked by a fallen tree.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the storm, a large tree had ____ across the narrow road.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ leader was forced into exile in a foreign country for the remainder of his life.
Word Origin & History
Morphologically fall + -en.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail."
— 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:41 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
"Madam Julia was the town's ranking prostitute; virtuous female society demanded that they not suffer the unbearable pain of looking at, and being in company with, a fallen woman— one of the happiest, fallenest women in history, by the way."
— 1964, Katharine Hillyer, Mark Twain, Young Reporter in Virginia City: The Racy, Rollicking Adventures of a Great Author in the Gamiest, Richest, Mightiest Town in All the Frontier West!:
""You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman[…]"
— 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids, →ISBN:
"That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]"
— 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:
"In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life."
— 1873, James Strong with John McClintock, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, volume 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the storm, a large tree had ____ across the narrow road.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ leader was forced into exile in a foreign country for the remainder of his life.