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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton

Meaning of "fall for" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALL FOR

fall for play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALL FOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fall for is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fall for in English.

WHAT DOES FALL FOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fall for in the English dictionary

The definition of fall for in the dictionary is to become infatuated with. Other definition of fall for is to allow oneself to be deceived by.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FALL FOR

PRESENT

Present
I fall for
you fall for
he/she/it falls for
we fall for
you fall for
they fall for
Present continuous
I am falling for
you are falling for
he/she/it is falling for
we are falling for
you are falling for
they are falling for
Present perfect
I have fallen for
you have fallen for
he/she/it has fallen for
we have fallen for
you have fallen for
they have fallen for
Present perfect continuous
I have been falling for
you have been falling for
he/she/it has been falling for
we have been falling for
you have been falling for
they have been falling for
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fell for
you fell for
he/she/it fell for
we fell for
you fell for
they fell for
Past continuous
I was falling for
you were falling for
he/she/it was falling for
we were falling for
you were falling for
they were falling for
Past perfect
I had fallen for
you had fallen for
he/she/it had fallen for
we had fallen for
you had fallen for
they had fallen for
Past perfect continuous
I had been falling for
you had been falling for
he/she/it had been falling for
we had been falling for
you had been falling for
they had been falling for
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fall for
you will fall for
he/she/it will fall for
we will fall for
you will fall for
they will fall for
Future continuous
I will be falling for
you will be falling for
he/she/it will be falling for
we will be falling for
you will be falling for
they will be falling for
Future perfect
I will have fallen for
you will have fallen for
he/she/it will have fallen for
we will have fallen for
you will have fallen for
they will have fallen for
Future perfect continuous
I will have been falling for
you will have been falling for
he/she/it will have been falling for
we will have been falling for
you will have been falling for
they will have been falling for
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fall for
you would fall for
he/she/it would fall for
we would fall for
you would fall for
they would fall for
Conditional continuous
I would be falling for
you would be falling for
he/she/it would be falling for
we would be falling for
you would be falling for
they would be falling for
Conditional perfect
I would have fall for
you would have fall for
he/she/it would have fall for
we would have fall for
you would have fall for
they would have fall for
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been falling for
you would have been falling for
he/she/it would have been falling for
we would have been falling for
you would have been falling for
they would have been falling for
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fall for
we let´s fall for
you fall for
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fall for
Past participle
fallen for
Present Participle
falling for
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALL FOR

fall apart
fall army worm
fall away
fall back
fall behind
fall between two stools
fall by the wayside
fall down
fall flat
fall flat on one´s face
fall foul of
fall guy
fall in
fall in love
fall line
fall off
fall on
fall on deaf ears
fall on one´s feet
fall over

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALL FOR

account for
as for
ask for
be all for
be in the market for
but for
except for
go for
go in for
have eyes for
have feelings for
have it in for
have no time for
have no use for
in for
in line for
pay for
so much for
stand up for
up for

Synonyms and antonyms of fall for in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fall for» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALL FOR

Find out the translation of fall for to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fall for from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fall for» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱上
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enamorarse de
570 millions of speakers

English

fall for
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के लिए गिरावट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَقِعُ في غَرامِها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

влюбиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apaixonar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জন্য পড়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se laisser prendre à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

jatuh untuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jemandem verfallen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・が好きになる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiba kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mê mẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साठी पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aldanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

innamorarsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepaść za
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

закохуватися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a-i plăcea de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερωτεύομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

val vir
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

falla för
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falle for
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fall for

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL FOR»

The term «fall for» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL FOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fall for» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fall for» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fall for

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10 QUOTES WITH «FALL FOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fall for.
1
Dianna Agron
I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have boundaries. And it helps that enchantment of watching an actor. If you know someone's favourite colour or what they like to do on a Sunday, you won't fall for the character as much.
2
Fanny Brice
Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show.
3
H. Rap Brown
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.
4
Orson Scott Card
Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
5
Eric Davis
If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I'm a firm believer that where there's a will, there's a way.
6
Laura Fraser
I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
7
Alexander Hamilton
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
8
Debbie Harry
You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.
9
Bonnie Hunt
If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
10
Sonam Kapoor
I'm a bad girl. I always fall for good guys.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALL FOR»

Discover the use of fall for in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fall for and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fall for Anything
From the author of Cracked Up to Be and Some Girls Are comes a gripping story about one girl’s search for clues into the mysterious death of her father.
Courtney Summers, 2010
2
Fall For Me: A Danvers Novel
All her life, Beth Denton battled both her weight and her controlling parents.
Sydney Landon, 2013
3
Fall For You: The Jane Austen Academy
Bravo! – Reader’s Favorite Its own story cleverly woven within the classic. ~ Book Haven Extraordinaire The series is getting better and better. – Nikki Harriet, Goodreads Gray's characters are so full of life, hope and dreams, it's a ...
Cecilia Gray, 2011
4
Intellectual Morons: How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall ...
The author of Why the Left Hates America argues that members of the liberal media, as well as the political and academic elite, have become blinded to reality by their identification with and devotion to ideological dogmas.
Daniel J. Flynn, 2005
5
Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads
Joel Best explores the range of institutional fads, analyses the features of our culture that foster them, and identifies the major stages of the fad cycle: emerging, surging, and purging.
Joel Best, 2006
6
We All Fall for Apples
A young boy goes to a farm to pick apples with his family and friends.
Emmi S. Herman, 2006
7
Make Him Fall for You
Make Him Fall For You will give you the Rori Raye Tools For Love you need to instantly change your love life (yes - that fast) - no matter how frustrated and unhappy you may be feeling right now.
Rori Raye, 2010
8
The Commitment Cure: What to Do When You Fall for an ...
Packed with myriad helpful quizzes, advice, and personal stories of women from the trenches, "The Commitment Cure helps women make smart and savvy decisions about when to stick by an AM--and when to kick him to the curb!
Rhonda Findling, 2004
9
You Can't Fall for Your Stepsister
Life becomes complicated for Ollie when his stepdad Peter's daughters come along on a family vacation and he finds himself falling for Frankie.
Ann Bryant, 2003
10
You Have to Stand for Something Or You'll Fall for Anything
This is an empowering memoir by a remarkable woman who not only walks the walk and talks the talk but challenges you to do the same.
Star Jones, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALL FOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fall for is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Strauss: MLB shouldn't fall for Pete Rose's hustle
But some will always fall for the hustle, seeing Rose as a victim, a 73-year-old candidate for rehabilitation, a sob story who maintains a ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
2
BDO's tips on how not to fall for 'SIM-swap' scam
MANILA – BDO Unibank is warning its customers against sharing "sensitive details" on social media accounts amid recent reports of attempts ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
3
Texas sales tax revenues fall for first time in five years
Eagle Ford & Energy. Texas sales tax revenues fall for first time in five years. By Richard Webner, Staff Writer. July 9, 2015 Updated: July 9, 2015 8:23pm. «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
4
Sinotrans Shipping forecasts huge profit fall for 1H15
Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans Shipping predicted that its profit would fall significantly year on year (y/y) for the first half of 2015 and the company ... «IHS Maritime 360, Jul 15»
5
Trader Bets On 35% Fall For Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Stock: CNBC
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) stock finally recovered on Thursday, surging as high as 4% during the trading session, as the ... «Business Finance News, Jul 15»
6
Eva Price to fall for Shayne Ward's Coronation Street character
Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) is set to fall for Shayne Ward's character Aidan Connor in an upcoming 'Coronation Street' storyline. «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
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CEO Lynch Out, Fortunes Continue to Fall for Lumber Liquidators
CEO Lynch Out, Fortunes Continue to Fall for Lumber Liquidators Lumber Liquidators was recently at the top of its game, importing and ... «LawyersandSettlements.com, Jul 15»
8
New Scam Circulating In Santa Cruz County: Don't Fall For It!
Law enforcement officials in Santa Cruz County are warning the public about a recent scam in which suspects pretend to be from PG&E and ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
9
Greek deflation picks up in June, prices fall for 28th month
ATHENS Greek consumer prices fell by 2.2 percent year-on-year in June, with the annual pace of deflation accelerating from the previous ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
Losing streak continues! Sensex, Nifty fall for third day in a row
Amar Ambani, Head of Research, IIFL, said, “Greece and China uncertainty would act as mere punctuation marks in the India's long term ... «Indiainfoline, Jul 15»

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