Meaning

1 senses

  1. To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. Your arrogance will be your downfall.

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  2. His arrogance led to his downfall.

    deSeine Arroganz führte ihn in den Ruin. — Manfredo

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  3. Arrogance leads to a person's downfall.

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  4. Yanni's arrogance will be his downfall.

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  5. What's the cause of this downfall?

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Origin

From down- + fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th cen

From down- + fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.

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Forms

downfalls, downfalling, downfell, downfallen
Base formdownfall · to downfall
3rd person singulardownfalls
Present participledownfalling
Past simpledownfell
Past participledownfallen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydownfall
he, she, itdownfalls

Past simpleLesson

all personsdownfell

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave downfallen
he, she, ithas downfallen

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill downfall

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddownfallen

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
downcastdownerdowngradedownhill
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