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.

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1. falls

   Falls refers to the act or instance of accidentally or unexpectedly dropping down or collapsing due to loss of balance or control, often leading to injury. It can also refer to natural features such as waterfalls where a stream or river drops from a height. The term can also indicate a decline or decrease in a particular aspect, like prices, rates, or standards.

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. Heather Barr:

   As long as a girl is in school, her family is invested in her future, as soon as a girl falls out of education, then suddenly it becomes much more likely that she's going to be married off.

2. Jerry Nadler:

   In my view, your conduct, Matt Whitaker -- including your decision to ignore important ethics advice when you became acting attorney general, no matter the consequences -- your conduct, sir, falls well short of the mark.

3. Jill Elizabeth Keeffe:

   As expected, vision loss has an impact on accessing visual information, but we have learnt about risks of falls and concerns about safe mobility, and the ability to participate in education, work, social and leisure activities.

4. Solomon Shinerock:

   The true harm falls on the state's process.

5. Hazrat Inayat Khan:

   We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself. In the cradle it in moving its little arms and legs in a certain rhythm. And when our music falls on the ears of an infant it is of the lowest character compared with the music it is accustomed to.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=falls
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html