❄️ An act of dropping 📉 Decreasing ⬇️ Coming down

falling

1.8

Becoming lower in amount or value

adjective
/ˈfɔːlɪŋ/

: decreciente

We're we're seeing falling hospitalizations and falling numbers of death.

So basically, yields falling means bond prices are going up.

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Examples

Because when the market is falling, we call that bad.
While the deficit is falling, it remains too high.
We see mountains rising and falling like water, like waves.
It's fallen and it is falling slowly, not rapidly.
The company is experiencing falling profits due to increased competition.
Despite the challenging economy, there is evidence of falling unemployment rates in the region.
They are concerned about the falling standards of education in public schools.

Synonyms

to fall

vsfalling

∞ 1.0

Become less in number or amount

is the general idea of becoming lower in amount or value

to drop

vsfalling

∞ 1.0

To fall to a lower amount or level

describes the same lowering but in broader contexts beyond prices

to go down

vsfalling

321 1.9

To become less in amount, size, or value

expresses the same lowering idea as a general process

to come down

vsfalling

221 2.8

To become lower, for example temperature or prices

focuses specifically on lowering amount or value rather than physical motion

to slip

vsfalling

184 3.5

To become worse or fall to a lower level

is a plain decrease in amount rather than a change of standard

to descend

vsfalling

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

is the general idea of becoming lower in amount or value

to plummet

vsfalling

93 5.8

Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount

is the general decrease that can be slow or fast without urgency

to fall off

vsfalling

49 2.6

Become less in number, amount, or quality

is the broader verb for becoming lower without implying cause

to dip

vsfalling

47 2.5

To fall a little for a short time

is the broader decrease idea that can last longer or be larger

to drop off

vsfalling

21 3.5

To become less in number or amount

shares the decrease sense but can be more general in usage

to fall away

vsfalling

19 4.3

To become less in amount or quality

is the same lowering concept but not limited to gradual cases

to correct

vsfalling

Specialized

14 6.6

To fall in value after a period of rapid rise

describes lowering broadly, not only market adjustments

to decline

vsfalling

3 3.4

To slope downward toward a lower level

is the simple decrease notion without implying physical slope

to drop away

vsfalling

2 3.3

To become less over time

covers lowering generally, not only steady or gradual reductions

decreasing

vsfalling

2.3

Becoming less in number, size, or strength

is the same decrease idea stated as an adjective for description

depreciating

vsfalling

Specialized

5.6

Something that loses value over time

is the general lowering that applies to amounts beyond monetary value

descending

vsfalling

3.2

Moving down from a higher to a lower position

is the abstract decrease in amount rather than physical downward motion

Antonyms

to rise

718 1.0

To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist

increase

524 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

rising

2.6

Becoming greater in amount or number

Compounds

falling out

Informal

30 4.4

A disagreement that ends or weakens a relationship

falling off

9 4.8

A clear drop in how well something works or how much there is

intelligent falling

Literature

9.9

A joke idea that a higher being makes things fall to mock explanations that are not scientific

How Much

to collapse

579 3.9

to plummet

93 5.8

falling

1.8

to drop

∞ 1.0

to dip

47 2.5

Surface Forms

falling positive

Morphology

falling = fall (transparent) = fall + ing

The adjective is a present-participle adjective formed directly from the verb 'fall' with the productive suffix '-ing', so the meaning 'becoming lower' is directly derived.

Etymology

Falling comes from the old English verb fall, which means 'to drop' or 'go down'. Think of a price or number dropping like a leaf from a tree — that's why falling describes amounts that become lower or less.