{
    "term": "fall",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "fall",
            "heSheIt": "falls"
        },
        "pastSimple": "fell",
        "pastParticiple": "fallen",
        "ingForm": "falling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to drop down from a higher level to a lower level",
            "sensetop": "fall + adv./prep.+ noun",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **rain** was **falling** steadily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were injured by falling rocks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several of the books had fallen onto the floor.",
                    "contextForm": "fall + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The label must have **fallen off**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaves were falling from the trees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The seeds **fall to the ground** and germinate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the kids fell into the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell 20 metres onto the rocks below.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was September and the leaves were starting to fall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A tile fell off the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "70 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Snow had fallen during the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the snow falling on the fields"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've lost my necklace—it must have fallen off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A cup fell off the shelf and broke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was walking by the canal and he fell in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A leaf fell into my drink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plate fell to the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Part of a satellite fell to earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tears fell freely from her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lifted her arm, but then let it fall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Loose bricks were falling down onto the ground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hands fell limply to her sides."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell overboard in heavy seas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell from the fourth floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell on some broken glass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Careful, or you'll fall!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["heavily", "steadily", "freely"],
                "verb + fall": ["be about to", "let somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to suddenly stop standing",
            "sensetop": "fall + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She slipped on the ice and fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A tree fell, just missing his car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **fell over** and cut my knee.",
                    "contextForm": "fall + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house looked as if it was about to **fall down**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell heavily to the ground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell headlong, with a cry of alarm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the children fell over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stumbled and almost fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I nearly fell on the ice, but recovered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tripped and fell going downstairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A shot rings out, and he falls backwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell through a glass door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell forward and hit her head on the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I fell back onto the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When a tree falls, it is cut up for firewood."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "headlong"],
                "verb + fall": ["be about to"],
                "phrases": ["stumble and fall", "trip and fall"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to decrease in amount, number or strength",
            "sensetop": "fall by somethingfall + nounfall against somethingfall to something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Prices** continued to **fall** on the stock market today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temperature **fell sharply** in the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Falling birth rates could have an impact on future economic growth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reputations **rise and fall** for a variety of reasons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "fall by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Share prices fell 30p.",
                    "contextForm": "fall + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Petroleum sales fell almost 11 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dollar fell slightly against the yen.",
                    "contextForm": "fall against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her voice fell to a whisper.",
                    "contextForm": "fall to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment fell to its lowest level in 25 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price of coal fell sharply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Profits were falling and so was the stock price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With falling ad revenues, the magazine was in trouble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "TV ratings have fallen dramatically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country's birth rate has fallen to 1.8 children per family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winter temperatures never fall below 10°C."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Real hourly wages have fallen significantly over the past 25 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of people unemployed has fallen from two million to just over one and a half million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company's shares fell 19 per cent following the announcement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Demand is likely to fall by some 15 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Expenditure on education fell by 10 per cent last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During that period, visitor numbers fell by half."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["dramatically", "rapidly", "sharply"],
                "verb + fall": ["be expected to", "be likely to", "continue to"],
                "preposition": ["below", "by", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to pass into a particular state; to begin to be something",
            "sensetop": "fall + adj.fall into something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had **fallen asleep** on the sofa.",
                    "contextForm": "fall + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **fell ill** soon after and did not recover."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room had **fallen silent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the rent **fell due**, she couldn't pay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book **fell open** at a page of illustrations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train.",
                    "contextForm": "fall into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house had **fallen into disrepair**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Partway through the expedition, he fell sick and had to give up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the post fell vacant, she applied."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mouth fell open in astonishment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had been married for just a few weeks when she fell pregnant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At last the house fell quiet and everyone slept."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met when they were students, and fell in love."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By that time the building had fallen into disrepair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "words and phrases that have fallen into disuse"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell into a coma from which he never recovered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fell into a daydream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We fell into the habit of walking to work together every day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to hang down",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to slope downwards",
            "sensetop": "fall (away/off)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The land falls away sharply towards the river."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to be defeated or captured",
            "sensetop": "fall to somebody",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troy finally fell to the Greeks.",
                    "contextForm": "fall to somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to die in battle; to be shot",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to come quickly and suddenly",
            "sensetop": "fall on somebody/something",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A sudden silence fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Darkness falls quickly in the tropics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An expectant hush fell on the guests.",
                    "contextForm": "fall on somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "headlong"],
                "verb + fall": ["be about to"],
                "phrases": ["stumble and fall", "trip and fall"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to happen or take place",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My birthday falls on a Monday this year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My eye fell on *(= I suddenly saw)* a curious object."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which syllable does the stress fall on?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A shadow fell across her face."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Out of over 400 staff there are just seven that fall into this category."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This case falls outside my jurisdiction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This falls under the heading of scientific research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This case falls squarely within the committee's jurisdiction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That topic falls outside the scope of this thesis."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["squarely"],
                "preposition": ["into", "outside", "under"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːl/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/fall__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːlz/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/falls__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fel/",
                "audio": "fe/fall/fell__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːlən/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/fallen__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/falling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːl/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/fall__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːlz/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/falls__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fel/",
                "audio": "fe/fall/fell__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːlən/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/fallen__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fall/falling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old 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’."
}