Слово англійською: fall

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Переклад fall українською: о́сінь, зни́ження, падання, восени́

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fall

noun
/fɔːl/

    act of falling

  1. [countable] an act of falling
    • I had a bad fall and broke my arm.
    • fall from something She was killed in a fall from a horse.
    2.

    of snow/rain/rocks

  2. [countable] fall (of something) an amount of snow, rain, rocks, etc. that falls or has fallen
    • a heavy fall of snow
    • a rock fall
    3.

    autumn

  3. [countable, uncountable] (North American English)
    (also especially British English autumn)
    the season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes colder
    • in the fall of 2023
    • last fall
    • Cool, damp fall weather brings out snails.
    • He returned to school a month into the fall semester.
    4.

    decrease

  4. [countable] a decrease in size, number, rate or level
    • Share prices suffered a slight fall yesterday.
    • fall in something a sharp fall in prices
    • a steep/dramatic fall in profits
    • a 3 per cent fall in unemployment
    opposite rise
    Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease
      • Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
      • Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
      • The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
      • According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
      • There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
      • These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
    language bank at expect, illustrate, increase, proportion
    5.

    defeat

  5. [singular] fall (of something) a loss of political, economic, etc. power or success; the loss or defeat of a city, country, etc. in war
    • the fall of the Roman Empire
    • the rise and fall of British industry
    • the fall of Berlin
    6.

    loss of respect

  6. [singular] a situation in which a person, an organization, etc. loses the respect of other people because they have done something wrong
    • the TV preacher’s spectacular fall from grace
    • His diary charts his dramatic fall from grace.
    7.

    of water

  7. falls
     [plural] (especially in names) a large amount of water falling down from a height synonym waterfall
    • The falls upstream are full of salmon.
    • Niagara Falls
    8.

    way something falls/happens

  8. [singular] fall of something the way in which something falls or happens
    • the fall of the dice
    • the dark fall of her hair (= the way her hair hangs down)
    9.

    in Bible

  9. the Fall
     [singular] the occasion when Adam and Eve did not obey God and had to leave the Garden of Eden
    10. Word OriginOld English fallan, feallan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vallen and German fallen; the noun is partly from the verb, partly from Old Norse fall ‘downfall, sin’.
Idioms
be riding for a fall
  1. to be doing something that involves risks and that may end in disaster
break somebody’s fall
  1. to stop somebody from falling onto something hard
    • Luckily, a bush broke his fall.
pride comes/goes before a fall
  1. (saying) if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, something will happen to make you look stupid
take the fall (for somebody/something)
  1. (especially North American English, informal) to accept responsibility or punishment for something that you did not do, or did not do alone
    • He took the fall for his boss and resigned.
    • Who will take the fall for the scandal?
    • Someone has to take the fall.
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