fall
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2.5
- noun
- /fɔl/
- The International Monetary Fund has remained, even after the fall of the Bretton Woods system.
- a fall in prices
- a fall of 20%
- a sharp fall
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Examples
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Ratings are in free fall.
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The economy's in free fall.
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However, the magnitude of the fall, in percentage terms, is less than the percentage increase in price.
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Textbook economics says that prices rise and fall in order to balance supply and demand.
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Patches of snow were on the ground from a two-inch fall the day before.
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The story of his decline and fall was marked by repetition and coincidence.
Fiction book (1994) -
Thus, while the intifada sent the Palestinian economy into free fall, the PA's coffers swelled.
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The sudden fall in sales surprised everyone in the company.
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After the market experienced a significant fall, investors began to panic.
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The unexpected fall of the stock prices resulted in many people losing their savings.
Synonyms
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4.1
A sudden failure, for example of a person or a building
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2.5
A sudden large decrease in amount or value
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3.3
A sudden fall in amount or value
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4.0
A steep sudden fall from a higher to a lower level
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4.6
A sudden large drop in value, often of stocks or prices
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3.9
A sudden decrease in amount, quality or rate
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4.9
A sudden steep fall in value or amount
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6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
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4.4
A slow fall in strength, value, or mood
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4.0
A drop in amount, level, or quality
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4.8
A clear drop in how well something works or how much there is
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5.1
A period when something gets worse
A sudden fast downward movement, often of people or things
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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7.8
To accept what happens and not try to change the result
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5.4
Children often look and behave like their parents
- Informal
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8.6
Continue doing something with energy until you can no longer
- Informal
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6.5
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
- Formal
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9.9
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
- Informal
To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
- Vulgar
To lose your balance and land on your backside in an awkward or embarrassing way
Compounds
- Literature
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9.9
A Christian belief that people lose their innocence when they disobey God
- Literature
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8.9
An event in the Bible when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, lost their innocence, and left the Garden
- US
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6.0
The time when day and night are almost the same length, marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere
- Specialized
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9.9
A caterpillar that lives in large silk nests on tree branches and eats the leaves in late summer and fall
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8.1
A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America
- Offensive
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9.2
A woman who is easily tricked and often blamed for other people's mistakes
- Specialized
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9.9
A green or brown caterpillar with white stripes that eats tree leaves in autumn
A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun fall for a big drop or collapse comes from the image of things 'falling away', from old English feallan 'to fall'. That's why we call a large loss or decline a 'fall'.