Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fall ill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
fal-l ill
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

falls ill (present, singular) falling ill (participle, present) fell ill (past) fallen ill (participle, past)

Synonyms

ail fall sick take ill take sick be taken ill be taken sick be taken bad

Questions

What does fall ill mean?
To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.

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