Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fall on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: fal-l on
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

verb

To be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden; to fall to.

verb

To occur on a particular day.

verb

Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.

verb

To attack (someone); to join an attack on (someone), especially a surprise attack.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times."
"Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government."
"This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it."
"The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does fall on mean?: To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

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