| content | | |
| n. (group) | 1. content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (communication) | 2. content, message, subject matter, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ body | the central message of a communication.; "the body of the message was short" |
| ~ corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.; "that story was a corker" |
| ~ reminder | a message that helps you remember something.; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ memorial | a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority. |
| ~ latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream. |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ digression, divagation, excursus, aside, parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ drivel, garbage | a worthless message. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ dedication, commitment | a message that makes a pledge. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ disapproval | the expression of disapproval. |
| ~ respects | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.; "he paid his respects to the mayor" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ insertion, interpolation | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ submission, entry | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ narration, narrative, story, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| ~ sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. |
| ~ shocker | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. |
| ~ proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| ~ volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. cognitive content, content, mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action. |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. |
| ~ noumenon, thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception. |
| ~ universe of discourse, universe | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion. |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ wisdom | accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ unbelief, disbelief | a rejection of belief. |
| ~ heresy, unorthodoxy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| ~ acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" |
| ~ ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ metaknowledge | knowledge about knowledge. |
| n. (state) | 6. content, contentedness | the state of being contented with your situation in life.; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. content, depicted object, subject | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. content | make content.; "I am contented" |
| ~ gratify, satisfy | make happy or satisfied. |
| adj. | 10. content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" |
| ~ satisfied | filled with satisfaction.; "a satisfied customer" |
| ~ self-satisfied, smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| meaning | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. import, meaning, significance, signification | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ lexical meaning | the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express. |
| ~ grammatical meaning | the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form. |
| ~ symbolisation, symbolization | the use of symbols to convey meaning. |
| ~ signified, sense | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" |
| ~ connotation, intension | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression. |
| ~ referent | something referred to; the object of a reference. |
| ~ gist, burden, essence, effect, core | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. |
| ~ purport, intent, spirit | the intended meaning of a communication. |
| ~ moral, lesson | the significance of a story or event.; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" |
| ~ nuance, subtlety, nicety, refinement, shade | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" |
| ~ overtone | (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality.; "overtones of despair" |
| ~ point | a brief version of the essential meaning of something.; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ semantics | the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.; "a petty argument about semantics" |
| ~ implication, significance, import | a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
| ~ tenor, strain | the general meaning or substance of an utterance.; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" |
| ~ undercurrent, undertone | a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning. |
| ~ denotation, reference, extension | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" |
| ~ reference | the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes" |
| ~ connotation | an idea that is implied or suggested. |
| adj. | 3. meaning, pregnant, significant | rich in significance or implication.; "a meaning look" |
| ~ meaningful | having a meaning or purpose.; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause" |
| significance | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. significance | the quality of being significant.; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| ~ historicalness | significance owing to its history. |
| ~ meaningfulness | the quality of having great value or significance. |
| ~ consequence, moment, import | having important effects or influence.; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. implication, import, significance | a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" |
| ~ meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| fall | | |
| n. (time) | 1. autumn, fall | the season when the leaves fall from the trees.; "in the fall of 1973" |
| ~ indian summer, saint martin's summer | a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn. |
| ~ autumnal equinox, fall equinox, september equinox | September 22. |
| ~ time of year, season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| n. (act) | 2. fall, spill, tumble | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| ~ pratfall | a fall onto your buttocks. |
| ~ wipeout | a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard). |
| ~ trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
| n. (event) | 3. fall | the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" |
| ~ event | something that happens at a given place and time. |
| n. (object) | 4. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall | a downward slope or bend. |
| ~ downhill | the downward slope of a hill. |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ steep | a steep place (as on a hill). |
| n. (act) | 5. fall | a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.; "a fall from virtue" |
| ~ sinning, sin | an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. |
| n. (event) | 6. downfall, fall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance.; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| ~ anticlimax | a disappointing decline after a previous rise.; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" |
| n. (event) | 7. fall | a movement downward.; "the rise and fall of the tides" |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| n. (act) | 8. capitulation, fall, surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).; "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| ~ loss | the act of losing someone or something.; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| n. (time) | 9. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight | the time of day immediately following sunset.; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" |
| ~ even, evening, eventide, eve | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).; "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" |
| ~ night | a shortening of nightfall.; "they worked from morning to night" |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (event) | 10. fall, pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| ~ takedown | (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position.; "a takedown counts two points" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "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" |
| n. (event) | 11. drop, fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" |
| ~ free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field. |
| ~ gravitation | movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction.; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" |
| ~ descent | a movement downward. |
| ~ plunge | a steep and rapid fall. |
| ~ precipitation | the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height. |
| n. (attribute) | 12. dip, drop, fall, free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.; "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" |
| ~ decrement, decrease | the amount by which something decreases. |
| ~ correction | a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases.; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" |
| ~ voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing. |
| v. (motion) | 13. fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "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" |
| ~ come down, precipitate, fall | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
| v. (motion) | 14. come down, descend, fall, go down | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ prolapse | slip or fall out of place, as of body parts.; "prolapsed rectum" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "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" |
| ~ abseil, rappel, rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" |
| ~ dismount, unhorse, get down, light, get off | alight from (a horse). |
| ~ avalanche, roll down | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow. |
| ~ dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply.; "the stock market plunged" |
| ~ go under, go down, set | disappear beyond the horizon.; "the sun sets early these days" |
| ~ slump, correct, decline | go down in value.; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" |
| ~ precipitate | fall vertically, sharply, or headlong.; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" |
| ~ subside, sink | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" |
| ~ crash | fall or come down violently.; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" |
| ~ flop | fall suddenly and abruptly. |
| ~ topple, tumble | fall down, as if collapsing.; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| ~ plop | drop with the sound of something falling into water. |
| ~ pitch | fall or plunge forward.; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" |
| ~ climb down, alight | come down.; "the birds alighted" |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| ~ pounce, swoop | move down on as if in an attack.; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" |
| ~ drip | fall in drops.; "Water is dripping from the faucet" |
| ~ cascade, cascade down | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade. |
| v. (change) | 15. fall | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.; "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" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ drop | fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.; "shop til you drop" |
| ~ fall in love | begin to experience feelings of love towards.; "She fell in love with her former student" |
| ~ drop away, fall away, slip, drop off | get worse.; "My grades are slipping" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ fall behind, recede, drop off, fall back, lose | retreat. |
| ~ lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. |
| ~ fall flat, fall through, founder, flop | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ fall for | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by.; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
| v. (stative) | 16. come, fall | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (weather) | 17. come down, fall, precipitate | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
| ~ spat | come down like raindrops.; "Bullets were spatting down on us" |
| ~ snow | fall as snow.; "It was snowing all night" |
| ~ hail | precipitate as small ice particles.; "It hailed for an hour" |
| ~ sleet | precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow.; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet" |
| v. (social) | 18. fall | suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (stative) | 19. fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "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" |
| ~ fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| ~ fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| v. (stative) | 20. fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (possession) | 21. fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| ~ yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| v. (change) | 22. fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| v. (change) | 23. decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "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" |
| ~ break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ shrivel, shrink | decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" |
| ~ taper | diminish gradually.; "Interested tapered off" |
| ~ drop off | fall or diminish.; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" |
| ~ vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag | become less intense. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| ~ deflate | become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.; "The balloons deflated" |
| ~ dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ remit | diminish or abate.; "The pain finally remitted" |
| ~ de-escalate | diminish in size, scope, or intensity.; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" |
| ~ devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue | lose in value.; "The dollar depreciated again" |
| ~ shorten | become short or shorter.; "In winter, the days shorten" |
| ~ thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ wane | decrease in phase.; "the moon is waning" |
| ~ wane | become smaller.; "Interest in his novels waned" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrescendo | grow quieter.; "The music decrescendoes here" |
| v. (social) | 24. fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| v. (social) | 25. fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| v. (possession) | 26. fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ fall | to be given by right or inheritance.; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" |
| v. (motion) | 27. fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "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" |
| v. (stative) | 28. fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| ~ fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 29. fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| v. (possession) | 30. fall | to be given by right or inheritance.; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" |
| ~ fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| v. (possession) | 31. accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ devolve, return, fall, pass | be inherited by.; "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" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| v. (possession) | 32. fall, light | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ devolve, return, fall, pass | be inherited by.; "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" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| ~ fall | to be given by assignment or distribution.; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" |
| v. (possession) | 33. devolve, fall, pass, return | be inherited by.; "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" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| v. (motion) | 34. fall | slope downward.; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (motion) | 35. fall, fall down | lose an upright position suddenly.; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| v. (motion) | 36. fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ fall down, fall | lose an upright position suddenly.; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" |
| v. (contact) | 37. fall, flow, hang | fall or flow in a certain way.; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
| v. (change) | 38. fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ fall | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| v. (change) | 39. fall | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" |
| v. (change) | 40. fall | come out; issue.; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 41. fall | be born, used chiefly of lambs.; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" |
| ~ be born | come into existence through birth.; "She was born on a farm" |
| v. (change) | 42. fall | begin vigorously.; "The prisoners fell to work right away" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "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" |
| v. (change) | 43. fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ descend, settle, fall | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (change) | 44. descend, fall, settle | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
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