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FALL INTO
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be included in or classified as
Example:
This falls under the rubric 'various'
Synonyms:
fall into; fall under
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "fall into" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Membrane proteins that mediate immune cell-cell interactions fall into different categories, namely those involved in antigen recognition, costimulation and cellular adhesion.
(Cell Adhesion Molecule Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
It was mere lively chat, such as any young persons, on an intimate footing, might fall into.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I found them, camarades, at the Church of St. Denis in the harrying of Narbonne, and I took them away with me lest they fall into the hands of the wicked.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I could not have answered it to my conscience to let it fall into any other hands.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Melanocytic neoplasms that occasionally but infrequently exhibit malignant characteristics fall into this category.
(Mouse Melanocytic Neoplasms of Uncertain Malignant Potential, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
If I can't, I shall fall into a chair and be graceful.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The authors speculate that delayed freezing of the sea surface may contribute to the thinning trend, as heavy snowfalls in September and October now fall into the open ocean.
(Snow cover on Arctic Sea ice has thinned 30 to 50 percent, NASA)
In alternative medicine, a theory that people fall into one of three groups (protein, carbohydrate, or mixed type) based on the main type of food that their bodies need to stay healthy.
(Metabolic type, NCI Dictionary)
The Foundation's expenses fall into two categories: research and education grants that are awarded to institutions, individuals and organizations, and are selected through a grant-review process approved by the National Institutes of Health.
(Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)
