Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fall on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
    • Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
    • 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. (of a holiday or event) 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
falls on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fallen on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
falling on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fell on Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (1)

es recaer (be assigned to)