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fall

fall

795 1.0
The season after summer when leaves change color and drop from trees
  • noun
  • /fɔl/
  • US
translation icon : otoño
  • I love watching the leaves change color during fall.
  • last fall
  • the fall semester
  • early fall

So I'm about to order some Starbucks fall drinks to try.

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Examples

  • So we decided, come the fall, we're moving to Florida.

  • She was born on a bright fall afternoon.

  • It's like a little step into the fall forest of mine.

  • I understand that center schools will have training this fall on Common Core State Standards.

    Academic text (2013)
  • -Tom and I are getting married in the fall.

  • In the fall when the crops are in.

  • It was early fall when I left the States.

  • A high school band director sends the fall marching band competition schedule to all students' homes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Data collection began in the fall of the juniors' first year of teacher education.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Additionally, students had to be enrolled in college during the fall semester following high school graduation.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

autumn
vsfall
140 1.0

The season between summer and winter when leaves fall and weather cools

is the North American name for the same season

Antonyms

854 1.0

The season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow

Idioms

To become available to people who might use it to harm others

11 6.5

Stop taking part or trying because of problems

A loss of status and respect after wrongdoing

To accept what happens and not try to change the result

6 7.6

To fail badly and embarrass yourself in front of other people

To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others

4 8.4

To accept blame or quit a job to protect other people

4 6.4

To get something good without trying or expecting it

To begin behaving badly again and lose people's respect

Not get noticed or dealt with

Children often look and behave like their parents

1 6.4

To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising

To not be easily fooled because you have experience

To get something good without effort or planning

1 9.1

To lose your balance and land on your backside in an awkward or embarrassing way

Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built

To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death

Fail at the final stage after earlier success

To look much less attractive after a sudden change

Fail to reach either goal because you try to do both

Things sold or bought secretly because they were stolen

To die or suddenly lose an important position

To get things someone probably stole and sold cheaply

8.8

To go to bed or sleep

Accept a big risk to protect other people

To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail

Hug someone tightly because you feel very happy or relieved

Continue doing something with energy until you can no longer

Compounds

fall guy
  • Informal
19 7.6

A person who others blame so they avoid punishment

free fall
  • Specialized
6 4.0

Movement of something downwards while only gravity pulls it

6 4.6

A sudden large drop in value, often of stocks or prices

1 6.0

A moment when a play or show ends and the curtain comes down

Fall of Man
  • Literature
1 8.9

An event in the Bible when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, lost their innocence, and left the Garden

fall armyworm
  • Specialized
8.6

A caterpillar that eats and destroys corn and other grass crops

fall girl
  • Offensive
9.2

A woman who is easily tricked and often blamed for other people's mistakes

fall cankerworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A green or brown caterpillar with white stripes that eats tree leaves in autumn

A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America

6.0

The time when day and night are almost the same length, marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere

Fall of man
  • Literature
9.9

A Christian belief that people lose their innocence when they disobey God

fall webworm
  • Specialized
9.9

A caterpillar that lives in large silk nests on tree branches and eats the leaves in late summer and fall

4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall

A cover that folds down to protect piano keys when not played

Surface Forms

fall singular
falls plural
autumns plural
autumn singular

Etymology

Fall for the season comes from the phrase 'fall of the leaf' because leaves fall from the trees at that time of year. So fall means the autumn when leaves drop.