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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
Kate Reardon

Meaning of "fall over" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALL OVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALL OVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fall over 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 over in English.

WHAT DOES FALL OVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fall over in the English dictionary

The definition of fall over in the dictionary is to lose one's balance and collapse to the ground. Other definition of fall over is to fall from an upright position.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FALL OVER

PRESENT

Present
I fall over
you fall over
he/she/it falls over
we fall over
you fall over
they fall over
Present continuous
I am falling over
you are falling over
he/she/it is falling over
we are falling over
you are falling over
they are falling over
Present perfect
I have fallen over
you have fallen over
he/she/it has fallen over
we have fallen over
you have fallen over
they have fallen over
Present perfect continuous
I have been falling over
you have been falling over
he/she/it has been falling over
we have been falling over
you have been falling over
they have been falling over
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 over
you fell over
he/she/it fell over
we fell over
you fell over
they fell over
Past continuous
I was falling over
you were falling over
he/she/it was falling over
we were falling over
you were falling over
they were falling over
Past perfect
I had fallen over
you had fallen over
he/she/it had fallen over
we had fallen over
you had fallen over
they had fallen over
Past perfect continuous
I had been falling over
you had been falling over
he/she/it had been falling over
we had been falling over
you had been falling over
they had been falling over
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fall over
we let´s fall over
you fall over
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fall over
Past participle
fallen over
Present Participle
falling over
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 OVER

fall by the wayside
fall down
fall flat
fall flat on one´s face
fall for
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 oneself
fall short
fall through
fall to
fall to the ground
fall trap

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALL OVER

all over
carry over
come over
get over
go over
hand over
hold over
hung over
look over
make over
over
over and over
piss all over
pull over
ride roughshod over
roll over
run over
take over
turn over
win over
work over

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fall over» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALL OVER

Find out the translation of fall over to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fall over 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 over» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摔倒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caerse
570 millions of speakers

English

fall over
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिक गिरावट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سقوط أكثر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

упасть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tombar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে পড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomber par terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bergoyang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

umfallen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倒れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넘어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ceblok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nga ngưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விழும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cadere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewrócić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

впасти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cădea peste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πέφτουν πάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

val oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

falla över
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

velte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fall over

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL OVER»

The term «fall over» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL OVER» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «FALL OVER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fall over.
1
Uzo Aduba
I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
2
Ambrose Bierce
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
3
Giles Duley
It is funny how it is almost more painful to fall over and scrape your knee than to be blown up. Your body goes into incredible protection mode.
4
Joel Edgerton
Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.
5
Gary Locke
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
6
Sally Pearson
If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
7
Kate Reardon
Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
8
Oliver Reed
I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in.
9
Shania Twain
I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.
10
Twiggy
You won't often find me in a pair of killer heels: my heel height doesn't rise above two and a half inches, as I would just fall over!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALL OVER»

Discover the use of fall over in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fall over and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Right-fall Heir, Or, The Sea-rover & the Fall Over: A ...
THE EIGHT-FALL HEIR; OR, THE SEA-ROVER & THE FALL OVER. IN ONE ACT. BY H. T. ARDEN. AUTHOR OP The Armourer's Daughter, Princess Charming, Belle of the Barley-Mow, Nobody's ChiU'd, (Burlesque), &c, &c. AND PART ...
Henry Thomas Arden, 1868
2
Track, enduro, and motocross--unless you fall over
A humorous commentary on different aspects of the sport of motorcyle riding with photographs of professional riders.
Gary Paulsen, 1979
3
Annual Report of the Secretary of War
Hence, in the case in hand, the true value of the fall over the dam is 1.3835 feet, or 16.} inches. Repeating the calculations for various stages, we obtain the following table: DAM NO. 1. [Lift 14 feet] 1 I Fall over - Fall correctGaugg'lmag' dam ...
United States. War Department, 1887
4
Congressional Serial Set
... 1880 to 1889, inclusive. [Areas within temperature fall linea — 20, — 30, — lOdegrees, eta, giVen tn thousands of square miles. Last column gives extent of cold wave, taking a 20-degree fall over an area of 50,000 square miles as unity.
5
Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ...
Four ledges, each f>0 feet wide; 6 feet fall over all. 22d mile. Five ledges ; fall over all, 8 feet. 23d mile. Wide and Hhnal ; river falls over six ledges; will require some work the whole distance; fall, 9 feet. 24th mile. River narrowing, hut still falling ...
United States. Congress. Senate, 1873
6
Annual Reports ....
Colonel Harlow, in his report, after mentioning some of the rapids and shoals on the river, says: Efforts have hitherto been made to reduce the fall over these shoals and thus lengthen the seasou of .navigation by the usual method of wing ...
United States. War Dept, 1891
7
How to Ride a Motorcycle: A Rider's Guide to Strategy, ...
Fortunately, a moving motorcycle has a very strong desire to keep moving, and it doesn't fall over easily. So what's the best way to keep a motorcycle from falling over? Ride it! In its heart, a motorcycle is just a machine that will do exactly what ...
Pat Hahn
8
Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
About 500 feet below this is what is known as Crease's old fish-dam; consists of a short rapid fall over largo gravel or bowlders, and will require 250 yards loose rock and gravel excavation, at f 1, $250. Some 600 yards below this is Creuse's ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1882
9
Community Heterogeneity and Integration: The Maya Sites of ...
2-1 Wall fall over the exterior south of the East Room (2 m by 1.5 m). Dark brown humus with medium amount of roots and some gravel 3-1 Exterior floor. Dark brown humus with medium amount of roots and some gravel Unit 13 (southern part ...
Markus Eberl, 2007
10
Why Does It Fall Over?
Simple text and experiments illustrate the concept of equilibrium.
Jim Pipe, Jo Moore, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALL OVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fall over is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vedanta-Cairn merger at risk as commodities prices fall over
MUMBAI: The meltdown in Chinese market, which has dragged global commodity prices down, has put the Vedanta-Cairn merger plan at risk, ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
#OhNoHarry - Watch Harry Styles fall over in One Direction concert …
Harry Styles took a little stumble in a recent concert, with his One Direction bandmates left struggling with laughter so much that they almost ... «Metro, Jul 15»
3
Snow set to fall as cold blast hits NSW
He said between 10cm and 15cm could fall over the NSW central ranges and into the northern tablelands, with snow as low as 600m. Mr Haigh ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Tour de France 2015: Tony Martin quits after breaking collarbone on …
You're not going that fast and then you fall over each other with all your weight.” With its short, steep climb to a finishing straight that levels out ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Essar Oil shares fall over 5 per cent on Russia's Rosneft deal
Essar Oil shares fell over five per cent on Thursday after the India's biggest oil refinery announced that it will sell 49 per cent stake to Russian ... «Business Today, Jul 15»
6
Global IP transit revenues set to fall over next 6 years
Global IP transit revenues will fall 6 percent compounded annually between 2014 and 2021, declining to USD 3.2 billion from 4.9 billion, ... «Telecompaper, Jul 15»
7
BUSINESS DAY TV: Chinese economy not about to fall over in a …
BUSINESS DAY TV: China's stock market is an unfolding horror story despite the best efforts of the Chinese government to staunch the ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
8
Japanese stocks fall the most in over a year as China rout takes toll
Nikkei, Topix fall over 3 pct, biggest fall since early 2014 * Trading volume surges both in cash and futures market * Construction equipment ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
9
The Fall Lands on PS4 and Xbox One Next Week
You can check out the Trophy List for The Fall over on Exophase, though it doesn't contain anything above a Silver. [Source: PS Blog]. «PlayStation LifeStyle, Jul 15»
10
CMC Shares Fall Over 2% on Q1 Earnings
Shares CMC fell over 2 per cent on the NSE on Wednesday after the mid-tier IT company's net profit fell in the June quarter. CMC on a ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

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