befall
be
bÉĒ
bi
fall
ˈfɔl
fawl
/bÉĒfˈɔːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "befall"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϘāϟāϤ⧇, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to happen to a person or thing in a way that seems destined and has serious consequences
Transitive: to befall sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The consequences of the decision befell the entire organization.
āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
02

āϘāϟāϤ⧇, āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to occur, typically in a way that seems inevitable or destined
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When disaster befell, it seemed like it was destined to happen.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞ⧋, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ