Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fall-through

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
fal-l-through
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Deverbal from fall through.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fall-throughs (plural) fallthrough (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

flowthrough passthrough

Questions

What does fall-through mean?
In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.
Where does fall-through come from?
Deverbal from fall through.

How to pronounce fall-through

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