If a place falls in a war or an election, an enemy army or a different political party gets control of it:
Rome fell to the Vandals in AD 455.
UK The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.
[ I ] literary
If soldiers fall while fighting, they are killed:
Many brave men fell in the fight to save the city.
During the war, he saw many of his comrades fall in battle.
[ I ] UK
In cricket, when a wicket falls, the turn of the player who is hitting the ball ends:
Ten wickets fell in 22 overs.
Losing and being defeated
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fall verb [HAPPEN]
C2 [ I ]
to come at a particular time or happen in a particular place:
Easter falls late this year.
My birthday will fall on a Friday this year.
Night/Darkness had fallen by the time we got back to the camp.
In the word "table", the accent falls on the first syllable.
The Treasury has still not decided where the cuts will fall.
Occurring and happening
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fall verb [HANG DOWN]
C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ]
to hang down loosely:
The boy's hair fell around his shoulders in golden curls.
The veil fell almost to her waist.
Hanging and suspending
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fall verb [UNHAPPY]
your face falls
If your face falls, you suddenly look unhappy or disappointed:
His face fell when he saw the distance he still had to go.
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Fell or felt?
Fell is the past simple of the verb fall: …Fall or fall down?
We can use fall as a noun or a verb. It means ‘suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground unintentionally or accidentally’. It can also mean ‘come down from a higher position’. As a verb, it is irregular. Its past form is fell and its -ed form is fallen. Fall does not need an object: …Các thành ngữ
fall between two stools
fall by the wayside
fall flat
fall foul of something
fall foul of someone
fall in line
fall in love
fall into someone's arms
fall into place
fall into the wrong hands
fall into the/someone's trap
fall prey/victim to something/someone
fall short
nearly/almost fall off your chair
fall on deaf ears
fall on hard times
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fall about
fall apart
fall away
fall back
fall back on something
fall behind
fall down
fall down on something
fall for someone
fall for something
fall from something
fall in
fall in with someone
fall in with something
fall into something
fall off
fall on/upon someone
fall on/upon something
fall on someone
fall out
fall over
fall over something/someone
fall through
fall to someone
fall to
fall
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/fɑːl/fall noun [LOWER AMOUNT]
B1 [ C usually singular ]
the fact of the size, amount, or strength of something getting lower:
a fall in the price of petrol/the unemployment rate
We could hear the rise and fall of voices in the other room.
There was a fall in support for the party at the last election.
the fact of getting smaller or becoming less
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Becoming and making smaller or less
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fall noun [SEASON]
[ C or U ] US[UK autumn]
the season after summer and before winter, when fruits and crops become ready to eat and the leaves fall off the trees:
I'm starting college in the fall.
Next fall we'll be back in New York.
a fall day/morning
fall colours/foliage
The seasons
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fall noun [ACCIDENT]
B2 [ C usually singular ]
the act of falling down to the ground, usually without intending to or by accident:
He had/took a nasty fall and hurt his back.
the fall of the Berlin Wall [= when the Berlin Wall was destroyed]
Falling and dropping
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fall noun [MOVEMENT DOWNWARDS]
[ C usually singular ]
an amount of something that moves down onto the ground or from a higher position to a lower position:
a heavy fall of snow
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rainfall
falls [ plural ]
often used in place names to mean a very wide waterfall, often made of many separate waterfalls:
Niagara Falls
Xem thêmMoving downwards
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fall noun [DEFEAT]
C1 [ C usually singular ]
the fact of being defeated or losing your power:
the fall of Rome
The army took control of the city after the president's fall from power.
Losing and being defeated
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take a/the fall for someone
fall from grace
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/fɔl/past tense fell us/fel/ | past participle fallen us/ˈfɔ·lən/fall verb [ACCIDENT]
[ I ]
[of people and animals] to move unintentionally or unexpectedly onto or toward the ground from a higher place:
He fell and hurt his arm.
Don’t fall over, honey!
I fell down the stairs.
She fell off the top of the ladder.
Kathy tripped and fell [flat] on her face [= fell facing the ground].
fall verb [MOVE DOWN]
[ I ]
to move down toward or drop to a lower position:
They expect three inches of snow to fall tonight.
Tears rolled down her cheeks and fell into her lap.
Plaster was falling off the walls.
fall verb [BECOME LESS]
[ I ]
to become less or lower in size, amount, or strength:
Stock prices fell sharply in late March and early April.
Her blood sugar levels fell below normal.
fall verb [CHANGE STATE]
[ L ]
used to show a change from one state to another:
He fell asleep reading the newspaper.
fall verb [BE DEFEATED]
[ I ]
to be defeated or fail:
The city fell to the enemy.
[ I ]
If soldiers fall, they die:
The statue honors soldiers who fell in battle.
fall verb [HAPPEN]
[ I ]
to happen at a particular time:
My birthday falls on a Friday this year.
By the time we got home, night had fallen [= begun].
fall verb [BELONG TO]
[ I always + adv/prep ]
to belong to a particular group, or to be part of a particular subject:
Archaeology falls under the general subject of natural history.
fall verb [HANG DOWN]
[ I always + adv/prep ]
[of hair or cloth] to hang down loosely:
Her long, dark hair fell to her waist.
Các thành ngữ
fall by the wayside
fall flat
fall into line [with someone/something]
fall into place
fall into the trap of doing something
fall into the wrong hands
fall short
fall victim to something
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fall apart
fall apart
fall back on something
fall behind [something]
fall for someone
fall for something
fall into something
fall off
fall out
fall out
fall through
fall
noun
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/fɔl/fall noun [SEASON]
[ C/U ][also autumn]
the season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from September to December north of the equator and from March to June south of the equator, when fruits and crops finish growing and the leaves fall off the trees:
[ U ] Fall is my favorite time of year.
[ U ] She wants to take a vacation before fall classes start.
fall noun [ACCIDENT]
[ C usually sing ]
the act of moving onto or toward the ground or to a lower position, often unintentionally or accidentally:
She injured herself in a fall.
fall noun [DEFEAT]
[ C usually sing ]
a defeat or loss of power:
the fall of the Roman Empire
fall noun [DROP]
[ C usually sing ]
to become lower in size, amount, or strength:
a fall in temperature
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fell | fallento become lower in value, amount, or level:
House prices began to fall rapidly.
Demand for new cars has fallen by over 40%.
Stock prices fell sharply yesterday.
Public sector salaries are expected to fall even further as the recession continues to bite.
Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years.
to gradually get to be in a worse condition or state:
The factory had fallen into disuse in recent years.
fall due
if a payment falls due at a particular time, it must be paid at that time:
The rent falls due on the first day of the month.
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fall back
fall back on sth
fall behind
fall off
fall over
fall through
fall
noun
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[ C, usually singular ]
a reduction in the amount or level of something:
a fall in sth There are serious concerns about the fall in the value of the dollar.
The FTSE 100 slumped 116 points on the back of a 160-point fall overnight on the Dow Jones.
A further fall of 2% in property prices could seriously hamper economic recovery.
The corporation reported a sharp fall in quarterly profits.
[ S ]
a situation in which someone or something that has been successful fails:
The documentary charts the rise and fall of America's third largest car company.
fall from grace
a situation in which someone who was popular, successful, etc. suddenly becomes unsuccessful, unpopular, etc.
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Firstly, one might hold that philosophical ideas should stand or fall on their content, rather than upon the reputation of the philosopher concerned.
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In sum, disyllables have the same phonetic and developmental relation to monosyllables that falls have to rises.
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Longterm exclosure plots currently capturing and protecting seeds falling into the crab-zone will help address this uncertainty.
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A slow falling time of compressed pulse was observed due to the reduced intensity at the wings of the spatial profile.
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We expect these committees will not exhibit a strong tendency to fall in the majority party's target area on its side of the chamber median.
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If that is too high, then competitiveness will be reduced and, unless wages fall, unemployment will increase.
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As industrial production has fallen so have associated negative externalities, leading to reductions in air, water, soil, and noise pollution.
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If timber price were to fall by a third, then benefits are still comparable to half the proceeds of logging being invested.
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Where the book falls down is its lack of theoretical foundation and analytical reflection.
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This research falls under two main themes [i] assessing the societal value of orphan drugs and [ii] funding the development and use of orphan drugs.
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At this point, things started to fall into place.
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The scope of his present teaching work tends to fall into the border area between language and linguistics, frequently ending up in thefieldof 'stylistics'.
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Unlike the fall conference, each committee discussed the same four topics.
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This falls right into our strategy of using two-level types.
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The basic organizing principle for my tabulation is that, depending on type, variants fall within a rather broad range according to probability or significance.
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