fall
fall
fɑl
faal
/fɔːl/

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

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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to quickly move from a higher place toward the ground
Intransitive
to fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I accidentally dropped my phone, and it fell to the ground.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to decrease in quantity, quality, or extent
Intransitive
to fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the economic downturn, consumer spending on luxury items started to fall.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦā§āϝ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to physically move in a downward direction without necessarily reaching the lowest point
Intransitive
to fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the tide receded, the water level fell, revealing a stretch of sandy beach.
āĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇, āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lose a position of power, authority, or influence, often as a result of a negative event or circumstance
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Following the economic downturn, several prominent business figures saw their empires fall.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to transition passively into a specific state or condition
Linking Verb: to fall [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were hoping to start a family and were delighted when they fell pregnant.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to come under, be classified, or included in a specific category, group, or set of criteria
Intransitive: to fall under a category
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new policy changes will make these expenses fall under the company's operational budget.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻāχ āĻ–āϰāϚāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to undergo a situation of defeat, failure, or significant decline
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The once-prosperous empire fell after a series of economic crises.
āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϘāϟāĻž

to happen or take place at a specific time
Intransitive: to fall point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting is scheduled to fall tomorrow at noon.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be defeated in battle or conflict, leading to the capture of a military force
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city resisted for months, but it ultimately fell, leading to the capture of its defenders.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to die, especially in the context of warfare, conflict, or a hunt
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hero of the story fell while defending the kingdom from the invading forces.
āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to descend, touch, or be placed on a surface, often in a gradual or gentle manner
Intransitive: to fall somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The painter allowed the brushstroke to fall delicately onto the canvas.
āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be assigned, typically referring to responsibilities or tasks
Intransitive: to fall to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The role of managing the budget fell to the financial department.
āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž

to give in to temptation, or to commit a sinful act
Intransitive: to fall into a wrongful act
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a moment of weakness, he fell into the allure of gambling.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧋āĻ­āύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of lambs) to be born
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the morning, the first lamb fell, signaling the beginning of the lambing season.
āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽā§‡āώāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻ• āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āĻŽā§‡āώāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻ• āĻ‹āϤ⧁āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to let one's facial expression convey a sense of disappointment, sadness, or dejection
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the teacher announced the postponement of the long-awaited field trip, the children's faces fell.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to embark on or undertake a task or activity with enthusiasm or commitment
Transitive: to fall to a task
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the gardening season arrived, the family fell to planting.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽ āĻāϏ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϰ⧋āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to come or descend in a manner suggesting a drop
Transitive: to fall over sb/sth | to fall upon sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected revelation caused a hush to fall over the room.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϟāĻŋ āϘāϰ⧇ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to gradually diminish, settle, or decrease in intensity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The audience's laughter gradually fell as the comedian wrapped up the final joke of the night.
āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to slope downward or decline gradually
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The driveway had a steep incline that fell sharply towards the street.
āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to intentionally and forcefully descend to a lower position, often by bending at the waist or knees
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the dance performance, the choreography required the dancers to fall in synchronization
āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϕ⧋āϰāĻŋāĻ“āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋ āύāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be inherited or acquired by legal or customary right
Transitive: to fall to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The title of the monarch will fall to the next in line, ensuring the continuity of the royal lineage.
āϰāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āϝāĻž āϰāĻžāϜāĻŦāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ°ā§Ž

the season that comes after summer, when in most countries the color of the leaves change and they fall from the trees
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
autumnbritish flagBritish
fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I like to wear cozy sweaters and scarves during the fall season.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°ā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻĒāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ

a reduction in size, amount, number, etc.
fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a noticeable fall in the number of tourists visiting the city this year.
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03

a vertical or steep drop of water, such as a waterfall or cascade

fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiker slipped near the edge of the fall.
04

the period of the day immediately after sunset

fall definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sky glowed red during fall.
05

the downfall, loss, or defeat of someone or something, often irreversible

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's fall was sudden and unexpected.
06

a group of birds, especially woodcocks, considered collectively

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A fall of birds passed over the forest.
07

a sudden loss of balance resulting in dropping to the ground

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's fall was minor, with no injuries.
08

a moral lapse or loss of innocence

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her fall into temptation changed her life.
09

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a sloping or bending section of land that moves downward
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fall in the land created a perfect spot for a stream.
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10

the action of surrendering, often under negotiated or agreed conditions

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After weeks of siege, the fort 's fall was inevitable.
11

a downward movement or shift from a higher position or point

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rain caused a sudden fall of loose rocks.
12

an instance in wrestling when a competitor's shoulders are pinned to the mat

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wrestler 's fall ended the bout.
13

a sudden or significant decline in status, influence, fortune, or character

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dynasty 's fall reshaped the political landscape.

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