falling

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falling

/ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ UK
/ˈfaːlɪn/ Northumbria
/ˈfɔlɪŋ/ US
/ˈfɑlɪŋ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːlɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of fall a falling leaf

noun fallings

noun from verb, uncountable, usually verbal noun of fall Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: down, dropping, descending, declining, toppling, tumbling, anticlimactic, drop, decreasing, plummeting, decline, collapse, downward, free-fall, downfall, lowering

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noun fall

Español	caimiento

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@misc{falling_2026,
  title = {falling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/falling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}