Definitions for FALLS
falls

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. fallsnoun

   the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

2. waterfall, fallsnoun

   a steep descent of the water of a river

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fallsnoun

   A waterfall.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. falls

   When a ship is not flush, this is the term given to those risings of some parts of her decks (which she may have) more than others.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FALLS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Falls is ranked #4865 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Falls surname appeared 7,250 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Falls.
   
   72.3% or 5,244 total occurrences were White.
   21.8% or 1,584 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 176 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 160 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 50 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 36 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Perianth
   • River

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FALLS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4310

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FALLS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4234

How to pronounce FALLS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FALLS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FALLS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FALLS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FALLS in a Sentence

1. Advocate General Priit Pikamae:

   A passenger biting other passengers and attacking the cabin crew trying to calm him down, resulting in the deviation of a Lisbon-Fortaleza flight to the nearest airport in order to disembark this passenger and his baggage, leading to a flight delay, falls under the concept of extraordinary circumstances.

2. New York:

   The plan to act may come from the federal level, but ultimately the responsibility falls on cities to step up and ensure the successful implementation of the program.

3. Shane Oliver:

   It looks like a continuation of the growth worries that have hampered markets for the last few months now, european and U.S. shares had sharp falls, after initially benign reactions to the Fed, and this is now flowing through to Asian markets today.

4. Judith Stein:

   Since then, we've learned otherwise, certainly oral health is extremely important systemically, and we're even learning that untreated hearing loss can increase things like falls and dementia.

5. Jerry Nadler:

   Given that Robert Mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the President, it falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrongdoing of President Donald Trump -- and we will do so, at this point all options are on the table, and nothing should be ruled out.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FALLS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Falls
3. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=FALLS
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html