Meaning

5 senses
  1. To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.

    With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times.

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

    This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it.

  3. To occur on a particular day.

    The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday.

  4. Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.

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

Examples

411 sentences
  1. Christmas fell on Saturday that year.

    Різдво цього року випало на суботу.

    ruВ тот год Рождество выпало на субботу.

    deWeihnachten fiel in diesem Jahr auf einen Samstag.

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  2. I fell down on the ice.

    Я впав на льоду.

    ruЯ упал на лёд.

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  3. I fell asleep on the train.

    Я заснув у потязі.

    ruЯ уснул в поезде.

    deIch bin im Zug eingeschlafen.

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  4. Tom fell asleep on my shoulder.

    Том заснув на моєму плечі.

    deTom ist an meiner Schulter eingeschlafen.

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  5. The next holiday falls on a Sunday.

    Наступне свято випадає на неділю.

    deDer nächste Feiertag fällt auf einen Sonntag.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

falls on, falling on, fell on, fallen on
Base formfall on · to fall on
3rd person singularfalls on
Present participlefalling on
Past simplefell on
Past participlefallen on

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfall on
he, she, itfalls on

Past simpleLesson

all personsfell on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fallen on
he, she, ithas fallen on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fall on

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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