fall

Vezi și : Fall, fäll

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Etimologie

Din engleza medie fallen, care provine din engleza veche feallan < proto-germanică *fallanan.

Pronunție

• AFI: /fɔːl/ (Anglia)
• AFI: /fɔl/ (SUA)

Verb

Conjugarea verbului to fall
Infinitiv	to fall
Prezent simplu pers. 3 sg.	falls
Trecut simplu	fell
Participiu trecut	fallen
Participiu prezent	falling

1. a cădea, a pica

   Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.

2. a cădea; a coborî

   The rain fell at dawn.

3. (despre persoane) a cădea

   He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.

4. a cădea (în luptă etc.)

   Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.

5. a muri, a pieri

   This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.

6. a cădea, a intra în posesia (cuiva)

   And so it falls to me to make this important decision.

7. a scădea, a micșora

   The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.

8. (urmărit de un determinant sau o frază) a deveni; a decădea

   Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.

9. a deveni

   She has fallen ill.

Sinonime

• 1: drop, plummet, plunge
• 2: come down, descend, drop
• 3: drop, lower (oneself), prostrate (oneself)
• 5: die
• 7: dip, drop
• 8-9: become, get

Antonime

• 2: ascend, go up, rise
• 3: get up, pick oneself up, stand up
• 7: rise

Cuvinte derivate

• befall
• fallen
• faller
• falling
• fallstreaks, fallstreifen
• misfall
• overfall
• refall

Locuțiuni

locuțiuni

fall about fall apart fall asleep fall away fall back fall back on, fall back upon fall behind fall down fall flat fall for fall foul fall ill fall in

fall in with fall into fall off fall on fall out fall over fall pregnant fall short fall through fall together fall under fall upon to-fall

Expresii

• apple does not fall far from the tree
• fall between the cracks
• fall between two stools
• fall by the wayside
• fall from grace
• fall in line
• fall in love
• fall into place
• fall off the turnip truck
• fall on deaf ears
• fall on one's face
• fall on one's feet
• fall on one's sword
• fall over oneself
• fall over one's feet
• fall through the cracks
• fall to one's lot
• fall to pieces
• let the chips fall where they may
• the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain

Substantiv

fall, pl. falls

1. cădere, căzătură
2. scădere, micșorare, reducere
3. (mai ales în America de Nord) toamnă
4. înfrângere, decădere

   The fall of Rome.

5. (fam., în SUA) păcat, vină, culpă

   He set up his rival to take the fall.

Sinonime

• 1: descent, drop
• 2: decrease, dip, drop, lowering, reduction
• 3: autumn
• 4: downfall
• 5: rap

Antonime

• 1: ascent, rise
• 2: increase, rise
• 3: ascent, rise

Cuvinte derivate

cuvinte derivate

ashfall backfall byfall catfall deadfall downfall dustfall earthfall evenfall fallboard fallfish falls infall jawfall landfall litterfall misfall

nightfall offal onfall outfall overfall pinfall pitfall planetfall pratfall rainfall rockfall smokefall snowfall throughfall waterfall windfall

Cuvinte compuse

• dew-fall, dewfall
• fall guy
• fall line
• fall webworm
• fall wind
• foot-fall, footfall
• free fall
• mid-fall, midfall
• tackle fall
• whale fall

Expresii

• break one's fall
• fall of wicket
• pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall
• take the fall

Referințe

• Dictionary.com
• Wiktionary