fall on
To experience; to suffer; to fall uponTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
» Christmas fell on Saturday that year.
Weihnachten fiel in diesem Jahr auf einen Samstag.
Der erste Weihnachtstag fiel in diesem Jahr auf einen Samstag.
В тот год Рождество выпало на субботу.
Різдво цього року випало на суботу.
Meaning
5 sensesTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times.
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.
To occur on a particular day.
The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday.
Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.
(archaic)To attack (someone); to join an attack on (someone), especially a surprise attack.
Examples
411 sentencesChristmas 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.
I fell down on the ice.
Я впав на льоду.
ruЯ упал на лёд.
I fell asleep on the train.
Я заснув у потязі.
ruЯ уснул в поезде.
deIch bin im Zug eingeschlafen.
Tom fell asleep on my shoulder.
Том заснув на моєму плечі.
deTom ist an meiner Schulter eingeschlafen.
The next holiday falls on a Sunday.
Наступне свято випадає на неділю.
deDer nächste Feiertag fällt auf einen Sonntag.
Translations
1 languagesForms
falls on, falling on, fell on, fallen onPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- fall offіти на дно, падатиTo become detached or to drop from.
- fall outпосваритисяTo come out of something by falling.
- fall inдати, даватиTo collapse inwards.
- fall downпадати, впастиTo fall to the ground. To collapse.
- fall backвідступити, відступатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
- fall overвалити, повалитиTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
- fall awayпомилятися, помилитисяTo cease to support a person or cause.
- fall apartрозпадатися, розвалитисяTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
More 8
- fall upTo benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback.
- fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- fall forTo be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
- fall intoTo go into something by falling.
- fall aroundTo fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
- fall throughUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
- fall aboutTo laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.
- fall toTo enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb