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Rise vs. Fall: What's the Difference?

Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 17, 2023
Correct spelling: Rise - an upward movement or increase. Fall - a downward movement or decrease.

Key Differences

"Rise" sounds like "sky," which is up. "Fall" sounds like "down," which is where things fall.
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The sun rises in the morning and falls or sets in the evening.
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Rise has an 'i' which points up like an upward movement, while Fall has an 'a' which is flat like the ground.
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Birds rise in the air and leaves fall from trees.
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When you rise, you go against gravity. When you fall, you go with it.
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Rise and Fall Definitions

Rise

Rise is an incorrect spelling of Fall.
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Fall

A movement from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
She had a minor fall in the garden.
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Fall

The season between summer and winter, characterized by cooling temperatures and shedding of leaves.
I love the colors of fall.
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Fall

The act of surrendering, especially in combat or competition.
The city's fall was inevitable.
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Fall

A moral decline or lapse.
The story depicts the protagonist's fall from grace.
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Fall

To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity
Leaves fell from the tree.
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Fall

To drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
I fell back in my chair. The pilgrims fell to their knees.
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Fall

To lose an upright or erect position suddenly
Tripped and fell.
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Fall

To drop wounded or dead, especially in battle.
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Fall

To hang down
The child's hair fell in ringlets.
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Fall

To be cast down
Her eyes fell.
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Fall

To be directed toward or come into contact; rest
My gaze fell upon the letter. The light fell on my book.
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Fall

To come into existence or occur as if by falling
A plague fell on the town. Night fell quickly.
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Fall

To occur at a specified time or place
The holiday falls on a Thursday. The stress falls on the last syllable.
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Fall

To be removed as if by falling
All grief fell from our hearts.
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Fall

To come forth as if by falling; issue
Did any thanks fall from their lips?.
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Fall

To assume an expression of consternation or disappointment
His face fell when he heard the report.
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Fall

To undergo conquest or capture, especially as the result of an armed attack
The city fell after a long siege.
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Fall

To experience defeat or ruin
The home team fell to the visitors. After 300 years the dynasty fell.
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Fall

To lose office
The disgraced prime minister fell from power.
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Fall

To move downward to a lower level; be reduced
The tide fell.
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Fall

To slope downward
The land falls gently toward the sea.
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Fall

To become less in amount or degree
The air pressure is falling.
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Fall

To diminish in pitch or volume
My friend's voice fell to a whisper.
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Fall

To decline in financial value
Last year, stocks fell sharply.
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Fall

To give into temptation; suffer a moral lapse.
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Fall

(Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
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Fall

To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation
Fell silent.
Fall in love.
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Fall

To come, as by chance
Fell among a band of thieves.
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Fall

To be given by assignment or distribution
The greatest task fell to me.
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Fall

To be given by right or inheritance.
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Fall

To be included within the range or scope of something
The specimens fall into three categories.
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Fall

To apply oneself
Fell to work immediately.
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Fall

To be born. Used chiefly of lambs.
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Fall

To cut down (a tree); fell.
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Fall

The act or an instance of falling.
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Fall

A sudden drop from a relatively erect to a less erect position.
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Fall

Something that has fallen
A fall of snow.
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Fall

An amount that has fallen
A fall of two inches of rain.
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Fall

The distance that something falls
The victim suffered a fall of three stories to the ground.
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Fall

Autumn.
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Fall

Falls(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A waterfall.
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Fall

A downward movement or slope.
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Fall

A veil hung from a hat and down the wearer's back.
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Fall

An ornamental cascade of lace or trimming attached to a dress, usually at the collar.
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Fall

A hairpiece with long, free-hanging hair.
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Fall

An overthrow; a collapse
The fall of a government.
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Fall

Armed capture of a place under siege
The fall of Troy.
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Fall

A reduction in value, amount, or degree
A fall in housing prices.
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Fall

A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance
His fall from power.
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Fall

A moral lapse.
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Fall

Often Fall(Theology)The loss of humanity's original innocence and happiness resulting from Adam and Eve's eating of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
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Fall

The act of holding a wrestling opponent on the opponent's back so that the shoulders remain in contact with the mat for a designated period, usually one or two seconds, thereby winning the match. Also called pin.
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Fall

Any of various wrestling maneuvers resulting in such an act.
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Fall

A break or rise in the level of a deck.
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Fall

Falls The apparatus used to hoist and transfer cargo or lifeboats.
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Fall

The end of a cable, rope, or chain that is pulled by the power source in hoisting.
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Fall

The birth of an animal, especially a lamb.
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Fall

All the animals born at one birth; a litter.
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Fall

A family of woodcock in flight.
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Fall

(Botany) One of the outer, drooping segments of a flower, especially an iris.
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Fall

Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of fall
Fall fashion.
Fall harvests.
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Fall

Grown during the season of fall
Fall crops.
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Fall

To be moved downwards.
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Fall

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
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Fall

To come down, to drop or descend.
The rain fell at dawn.
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Fall

To come as if by dropping down.
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Fall

To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
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Fall

To be brought to the ground.
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Fall

(transitive) To move downwards.
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Fall

(obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
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Fall

(obsolete) To sink; to depress.
To fall the voice
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Fall

To fell; to cut down.
To fall a tree
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Fall

(intransitive) To change, often negatively.
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Fall

To become.
She has fallen ill.
The children fell asleep in the back of the car.
When did you first fall in love?
Fall silent, fall sick, fall pregnant, fall victim to something
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Fall

(intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
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Fall

To die, especially in battle or by disease.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
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Fall

(intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
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Fall

To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.
Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
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Fall

(intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
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Fall

To diminish; to lessen or lower.
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Fall

To bring forth.
To fall lambs
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Fall

To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
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Fall

(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
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Fall

(intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To fall into error;
To fall into difficulties
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Fall

(intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
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Fall

(intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
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Fall

(intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
After arguing, they fell to blows.
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Fall

(intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
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Fall

To hang down under the influence of gravity.
An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.
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Fall

The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
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Fall

A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
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Fall

The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
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Fall

A loss of greatness or status.
The fall of Rome
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Fall

That which falls or cascades.
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Fall

(sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
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Fall

The action of a batsman being out.
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Fall

(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
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Fall

(wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
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Fall

A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
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Fall

Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
He set up his rival to take the fall.
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Fall

(nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
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Fall

An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
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Fall

A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
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Fall

The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard
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Fall

(nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
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Fall

(nautical) The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
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Fall

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
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Fall

To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.
I fell at his feet to worship him.
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Fall

To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; - with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
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Fall

To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
A thousand shall fall at thy side.
He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
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Fall

To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
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Fall

To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; - said of the young of certain animals.
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To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the price falls; stocks fell two points.
I am a poor fallen man, unworthy nowTo be thy lord and master.
The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.
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Fall

To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
Heaven and earth will witness,If Rome must fall, that we are innocent.
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Fall

To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.
Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Fall

To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
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Fall

To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; - said of the countenance.
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.
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Fall

To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
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Fall

To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
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To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
The Romans fell on this model by chance.
Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall.
They do not make laws, they fall into customs.
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Fall

To come; to occur; to arrive.
The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner.
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Fall

To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
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Fall

To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
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Fall

To belong or appertain.
If to her share some female errors fall,Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
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Fall

To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
Those captive tribes . . . fell offFrom God to worship calves.
A soul exasperated in ills falls outWith everything, its friend, itself.
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Fall

To let fall; to drop.
For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds.
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Fall

To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
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Fall

To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities.
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Fall

To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
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Fall

To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
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Fall

The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.
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Fall

The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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Fall

Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
They thy fall conspire.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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Fall

Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall.
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Fall

The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
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Fall

Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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Fall

A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
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Fall

Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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Fall

Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; - usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
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Fall

The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.
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Fall

Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
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Fall

That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
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Fall

The act of felling or cutting down.
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Fall

Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.
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Fall

Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
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That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
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The season when the leaves fall from the trees;
In the fall of 1973
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Fall

A sudden drop from an upright position;
He had a nasty spill on the ice
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Fall

The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve;
Women have been blamed ever since the Fall
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Fall

A downward slope or bend
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A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity;
A fall from virtue
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A sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
The fall of the House of Hapsburg
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A movement downward;
The rise and fall of the tides
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The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
They were protected until the capitulation of the fort
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The time of day immediately following sunset;
He loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
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When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
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Fall

A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
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Fall

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
A drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
A dip in prices
When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
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Fall

Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;
The branch fell from the tree
The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse
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Fall

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
The temperature is going down
The barometer is falling
The curtain fell on the diva
Her hand went up and then fell again
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Fall

Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
Fall into a trap
She fell ill
They fell out of favor
Fall in love
Fall asleep
Fall prey to an imposter
Fall into a strange way of thinking
She fell to pieces after she lost her work
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Fall

Come under, be classified or included;
Fall into a category
This comes under a new heading
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Fall

Fall from clouds;
Rain, snow and sleet were falling
Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
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Fall

Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;
We must stand or fall
Fall by the wayside
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Fall

Decrease in size, extent, or range;
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
The cabin pressure fell dramatically
Her weight fall to under a hundred pounds
His voice fell to a whisper
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Fall

Die, as in battle or in a hunt;
Many soldiers fell at Verdun
Several deer have fallen to the same gun
The shooting victim fell dead
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Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
Light fell on her face
The sun shone on the fields
The light struck the golden necklace
A strange sound struck my ears
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Fall

Be captured;
The cities fell to the enemy
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Fall

Occur at a specified time or place;
Christmas falls on a Monday this year
The accent falls on the first syllable
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Fall

Yield to temptation or sin;
Adam and Eve fell
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Fall

Lose office or power;
The government fell overnight
The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen
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Fall

To be given by assignment or distribution;
The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team
The onus fell on us
The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student
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Fall

Move in a specified direction;
The line of men fall forward
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Fall

Be due;
Payments fall on the 1st of the month
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Fall

Lose one's chastity;
A fallen woman
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Fall

To be given by right or inheritance;
The estate fell to the oldest daughter
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Fall

Come into the possession of;
The house accrued to the oldest son
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Fall

Fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
The task fell to me
It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims
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Fall

Be inherited by;
The estate fell to my sister
The land returned to the family
The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
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Fall

Slope downward;
The hills around here fall towards the ocean
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Fall

Lose an upright position suddenly;
The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table
Her hair fell across her forehead
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Fall

Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;
She fell back in her chair
He fell to his knees
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Fall

Fall or flow in a certain way;
This dress hangs well
Her long black hair flowed down her back
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Fall

Assume a disappointed or sad expression;
Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off
His crest fell
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Fall

Be cast down;
His eyes fell
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Fall

Come out; issue;
Silly phrases fell from her mouth
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Fall

Be born, used chiefly of lambs;
The lambs fell in the afternoon
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Fall

Begin vigorously;
The prisoners fell to work right away
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Fall

Go as if by falling;
Grief fell from our hearts
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Fall

Come as if by falling;
Night fell
Silence fell
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Fall

A decrease in size, number, rate, or level.
There was a significant fall in sales this month.
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Oct 17, 2023

FAQs

Why is it called Fall?

It's called "Fall" due to the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees during this season.
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Oct 17, 2023

Which conjunction is used with Fall?

Any conjunction can be used depending on the sentence; e.g., "and," "but," "or."
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Oct 17, 2023

What is the plural form of Fall?

The plural form is "falls."
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Oct 17, 2023

What is the verb form of Fall?

"Fall" itself is a verb; its base form is "to fall."
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What is the root word of Fall?

The Old English word "feallan" is the root of "fall."
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Oct 17, 2023

Which preposition is used with Fall?

Various prepositions can be used; one common example is "of," as in "fall of rain."
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What is the pronunciation of Fall?

Fall is pronounced as 'fawl'.
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Which vowel is used before Fall?

It depends on context, but often "a" as in "a fall."
Janet White
Oct 17, 2023

Which article is used with Fall?

Both "a" and "the" can be used depending on the context.
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Is Fall a vowel or consonant?

The word "fall" starts with a consonant.
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Oct 17, 2023

Is the word Fall imperative?

Not inherently, but it can be used in commands like, "Don't fall!"
Sara Rehman
Oct 17, 2023

What is the singular form of Fall?

The singular form is "fall."
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Oct 17, 2023

Is Fall a noun or adjective?

Fall is primarily a noun, but can also be an adjective as in "fall season."
Harlon Moss
Oct 17, 2023

Is Fall a countable noun?

Yes, in contexts like "multiple falls."
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How many syllables are in Fall?

One syllable.
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Oct 17, 2023

What is a stressed syllable in Fall?

The entire word "fall" is stressed as it's a monosyllabic word.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 17, 2023

What is another term for Fall (as a season)?

Autumn.
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Oct 17, 2023

Which determiner is used with Fall?

Any determiner can be used, e.g., "this," "that," "my," "a," depending on context.
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Is Fall a negative or positive word?

Neutral; it depends on the context.
Janet White
Oct 17, 2023

What part of speech is Fall?

Fall is primarily a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
Janet White
Oct 17, 2023

What is the third form of Fall?

Fallen.
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Oct 17, 2023

Is Fall an abstract noun?

It can be, as in a "fall from grace." But it can also be concrete, as in a physical fall.
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Oct 17, 2023

Is the Fall term a metaphor?

It can be used metaphorically, e.g., "a fall from power."
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Oct 17, 2023

What is the opposite of Fall?

Rise.
Harlon Moss
Oct 17, 2023

Is Fall an adverb?

No, Fall is not an adverb.
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Oct 17, 2023

Is Fall a collective noun?

No, Fall is not a collective noun.
Sara Rehman
Oct 17, 2023

How do we divide Fall into syllables?

Fall is a one-syllable word and cannot be divided.
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Oct 17, 2023

What is the first form of Fall?

Fall.
Harlon Moss
Oct 17, 2023

What is the second form of Fall?

Fell.
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Oct 17, 2023

How is Fall used in a sentence?

The leaves began to fall as autumn approached.
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Oct 17, 2023
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