fall
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6.7
- noun
- /fɔl/
- After the commander conceded, the troops surrendered, marking the fall of the fortress.
- fall from power
- rise and fall
- fall of communism
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Examples
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Both conflicts were also relatively short, from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of the regime.
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It was the fall of a man.
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Some say I was responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union.
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It's like the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Elena took the fall and went to prison for 30 years.
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We wondered whether Tommy Mason was taking the fall for his father.
Fiction book (1998) -
Their denunciations were one of the factors in Deng's fall from power in 1975.
Academic text (2013) -
The United Nations set about rebuilding the Afghan state immediately after the fall of the Taliban.
Academic text (2011) -
Of most concern to the CPV leaders was the fall of Romania's leader, who most believed was invincible.
Academic text (1991) -
The fall of an empire, the coming of a comet, and now, when the blood of these Canadians touches American soil, it will be our time to rise.
Synonyms
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4.2
Giving up after defeat, for example when an army stops fighting
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8.3
Giving up in a fight or war under agreed terms
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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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 Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun fall for the loss or surrender of a city comes from the idea of it being taken or 'falling', from old English feallan 'to fall'. So the 'fall' of a fortress means it was defeated or given up.