Synonyms: surrender, fall, capitulation
Definition: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Usage: they were protected until the capitulation of the fort
Similar words: loss
Definition: the act of losing someone or something
Usage: everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock
Definition: a sudden drop from an upright position
Usage: he had a nasty spill on the ice
Definition: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Usage: he blamed his slip on the ice; the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Synonyms: fall
Definition: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
Usage: a fall from virtue
Definition: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
Synonyms: dip, drop, fall, free fall
Definition: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Usage: a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index; there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery; a dip in prices; when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Definition: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Usage: it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
Similar words: gravitation
Definition: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Usage: irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps
Similar words: descent
Definition: a movement downward
Synonyms: fall
Definition: a movement downward
Usage: the rise and fall of the tides
Similar words: change of location, travel
Definition: a movement through space that changes the location of something
Definition: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
Usage: the fall of the House of Hapsburg
Similar words: weakening
Definition: becoming weaker
Definition: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Similar words: triumph, victory
Definition: a successful ending of a struggle or contest
Usage: a narrow victory; the general always gets credit for his army's victory; clinched a victory; convincing victory; the agreement was a triumph for common sense
Synonyms: Fall
Definition: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
Usage: women have been blamed ever since the Fall
Similar words: event
Definition: something that happens at a given place and time
Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Definition: a downward slope or bend
Similar words: slope, side, incline
Definition: an elevated geological formation
Usage: he climbed the steep slope; the house was built on the side of a mountain
Synonyms: twilight, fall, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, dusk, crepuscle, crepuscule, nightfall
Definition: the time of day immediately following sunset
Usage: he loved the twilight; they finished before the fall of night
Definition: the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Usage: in the fall of 1973
Similar words: time of year, season
Definition: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
Usage: the regular sequence of the seasons
Synonyms: fall
Definition: pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
Usage: fall into a trap; She fell ill; They fell out of favor; Fall in love; fall asleep; fall prey to an imposter; fall into a strange way of thinking; she fell to pieces after she lost her work
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: fall, lessen, diminish, decrease
Definition: decrease in size, extent, or range
Usage: The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester; The cabin pressure fell dramatically; her weight fell to under a hundred pounds; his voice fell to a whisper
Similar words: change magnitude
Definition: change in size or magnitude
Synonyms: descend, settle, fall
Definition: come as if by falling
Usage: Night fell; Silence fell
Similar words: come
Definition: come to pass; arrive, as in due course
Usage: The first success came three days later; It came as a shock; Dawn comes early in June
Synonyms: fall
Definition: go as if by falling
Usage: Grief fell from our hearts
Similar words: disappear, vanish, go away
Definition: get lost, as without warning or explanation
Usage: He disappeared without a trace
Synonyms: fall
Definition: occur at a specified time or place
Usage: Christmas falls on a Monday this year; The accent falls on the first syllable
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms: fall
Definition: begin vigorously
Usage: The prisoners fell to work right away
Similar words: commence, start, start out, set about, set out, get, get down, begin
Definition: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Usage: We began working at dawn; Who will start?; Get working as soon as the sun rises!; The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia; He began early in the day; Let's get down to work now
Synonyms: fall
Definition: be born, used chiefly of lambs
Usage: The lambs fell in the afternoon
Synonyms: fall
Definition: come out; issue
Usage: silly phrases fell from her mouth
Similar words: egress, issue, emerge, go forth, come forth, come out
Definition: come out of
Usage: Water issued from the hole in the wall; The words seemed to come out by themselves
Synonyms: fall
Definition: be cast down
Usage: his eyes fell
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: fall
Definition: assume a disappointed or sad expression
Usage: Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off; his crest fell
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: fall
Definition: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
Usage: The branch fell from the tree; The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: fall
Definition: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
Usage: She fell back in her chair; He fell to his knees
Similar words: change posture
Definition: undergo a change in bodily posture
Definition: lose an upright position suddenly
Usage: The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table; Her hair fell across her forehead
Similar words: change posture
Definition: undergo a change in bodily posture
Synonyms: fall
Definition: slope downward
Usage: The hills around here fall towards the ocean
Synonyms: fall
Definition: move in a specified direction
Usage: The line of men fall forward
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: devolve, return, fall, pass
Definition: be inherited by
Usage: The estate fell to my sister; The land returned to the family; The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
Similar words: change hands, change owners
Definition: be transferred to another owner
Usage: This restaurant changed hands twice last year
Definition: fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Usage: The task fell to me; It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims
Similar words: devolve, return, fall, pass
Definition: be inherited by
Usage: The estate fell to my sister; The land returned to the family; The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
Definition: come into the possession of
Usage: The house accrued to the oldest son
Similar words: change hands, change owners
Definition: be transferred to another owner
Usage: This restaurant changed hands twice last year
Synonyms: fall
Definition: be captured
Usage: The cities fell to the enemy
Similar words: yield
Definition: cease opposition; stop fighting
Synonyms: fall
Definition: lose office or power
Usage: The government fell overnight; The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen
Similar words: resign, quit, leave office, step down
Definition: give up or retire from a position
Usage: The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month; The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
Synonyms: fall
Definition: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
Usage: We must stand or fall; fall by the wayside
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
Synonyms: fall
Definition: yield to temptation or sin
Usage: Adam and Eve fell
Similar words: sin, trespass, transgress
Definition: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Similar words: fall
Definition: lose one's chastity
Usage: a fallen woman
Definition: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
Usage: Light fell on her face; The sun shone on the fields; The light struck the golden necklace; A strange sound struck my ears
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms: fall
Definition: die, as in battle or in a hunt
Usage: Many soldiers fell at Verdun; Several deer have fallen to the same gun; The shooting victim fell dead
Similar words: snuff it, buy the farm, choke, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire
Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Usage: She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Synonyms: fall
Definition: be due
Usage: payments fall on the 1st of the month
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: come under, be classified or included
Usage: fall into a category; This comes under a new heading
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer