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FALL UNDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 under" is one way to...):

be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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