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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • fall down/fɔːl ˈdaʊn/phraseA2To drop from standing to the ground.
  • fall forphraseB2To be tricked by a lie; also, to fall in love with someone.
  • fall short/fɔl ʃoɹt/phraseB2To fail to reach the standard needed.
  • fall throughphraseC1To fail to happen after being planned.
  • fallacious/fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Resting on faulty reasoning.
  • fallacy/ˈfæl.ə.si/noun
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A piece of reasoning that looks good and is not.
  • fallibility/fæləˈbɪləti/nounC1The fact that anybody can get things wrong.
  • falling-outnounC1A quarrel that ends a friendship for a while.
  • fallout/ˈfɔːlaʊt/nounB22 meaningsRadioactive dust after an explosion.
  • fallow/ˈfæləʊ/adjectiveC1Left unplanted for a season so the soil can rest.
  • false/fɔːls/adjectiveA13 meaningsNot true; not matching the facts.
  • false dilemmanounC1Pretending there are only two options when there are more.
  • false flagnounC2An action made to look as though somebody else did it.
  • false lashesnounB2Artificial lashes stuck on to lengthen your own.
  • falsehood/ˈfɒlsˌhʊd/nounB2+A lie, or the state of being untrue.
  • falsetto/fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/nounC1A high singing voice produced above a man's natural range.
  • falsify/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo fake evidence or records.
  • falter/ˈfɒltə/verbC14 meaningsTo lose strength or steadiness for a moment and nearly stop.
  • fame/feɪm/nounB2The state of being known by very many people.
  • familial/fəˈmɪljəl/adjectiveC1To do with a family, or running in one.
  • familiar/fəˈmɪl.i.ə/adjectiveB14 meaningsKnown to you already, from having met it many times before.
  • familiarity/fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/nounB2+Close knowledge of somebody or something.
  • family/ˈfæm(ɪ)li/nounA12 meaningsThe group of people you are related to.
  • family gatheringnounB1An occasion bringing relatives together.
  • family resemblancenounB2The likeness that runs through relatives.
  • family roomnounB1A room with beds for parents and children together.
  • family treenounB1A chart showing how relatives connect.
  • famine/ˈfæm.ɪn/nounB2+A time when a whole region has almost nothing to eat.
  • famine yearnounB2A year when the harvest failed and people starved.
  • famished/ˈfæmɪʃt/adjectiveB2+Extremely hungry.
  • famous/ˈfeɪ.məs/adjectiveA12 meaningsKnown about by very many people.
  • fan/fæn/nounA24 meaningsA machine with turning blades that moves air about a room.
  • fan basenounB2The body of people devoted to something.
  • fanatic/fəˈnæt.ɪk/nounC1Somebody whose enthusiasm has passed all reason.
  • fanatically/fəˈnæt.ɪk(.ə)li/adverbC1With devotion so extreme it allows no other view.
  • fanaticism/fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/nounC1Belief so extreme it allows no other view.
  • fanciful/ˈfænsɪfl̩/adjectiveC1Imaginative rather than founded on fact.
  • fancy/ˈfæn.si/adjectiveB15 meaningsDecorated, elaborate and expensive-looking rather than plain.
  • fanfare/ˈfænfɛə/nounB2+2 meaningsA short loud flourish of trumpets.
  • fang/ˈfæŋ/nounB1+A long sharp tooth of a snake or wolf.
  • fantasiseverbB2+To imagine things that will not happen.
  • fantasy/ˈfæntəsi/nounB1An imagined situation that could not really happen.
  • far/fɑː/adjectiveA14 meaningsA long distance away.
  • far-fetched/fɑɹˈfɛt͡ʃt/adjectiveB2So unlikely that it is hard to believe.
  • faraway/ˈfɑɹəweɪ/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsAt a great distance.
  • farce/fɑːs/nounC1A wildly silly comedy, or an absurd sham.
  • farcical/ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/adjectiveC2Absurd and ridiculous to the point of comedy.
  • fare/ˈfɛə/nounB22 meaningsThe price paid to travel on public transport.
  • farewell/fɛəˈwɛl/nounB12 meaningsA parting, and the good wishes said at one.
  • farm/ˈfɑːm/nounA12 meaningsLand where crops are grown and animals kept.
  • farmer/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/nounA1A person who owns or runs a farm, growing crops or raising animals.
  • farmhouse/ˈfɑːmhaus/nounA2+The house the farmer lives in.
  • farmland/ˈfɑːmlænd/nounB1+Land used for growing crops or keeping animals.
  • farmyard/ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/nounB1+The open area surrounded by farm buildings.
  • farrier/ˈfæɹi.ə/nounC1Somebody who fits iron shoes to horses.
  • fart/fɑːt/verbB12 meaningsTo let wind out from the bowels.
  • farthest/ˈfɑːðɪst/adjectiveB1+At the greatest distance.
  • fascinate/ˈfæsɪneɪt/verbB2+To charm and attract somebody so strongly that they cannot look away.
  • fascinated/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/adjectiveB2Completely absorbed and held by interest.
  • fascinating/ˈfæsɪˌneɪtɪŋ/adjectiveB1So interesting you cannot look away.