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Definition: Fall Through |
Fall ThroughVerb1. Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Fall through v. (n. `fallthrough', var. `fall-through') 1. To exit a loop by exhaustion, i.e., by having fulfilled its exit condition rather than via a break or exception condition that exits from the middle of it. This usage appears to be _really_ old, dating from the 1940s and 1950s. 2. To fail a test that would have passed control to a subroutine or some other distant portion of code. 3. In C, `fall-through' occurs when the flow of execution in a switch statement reaches a `case' label other than by jumping there from the switch header, passing a point where one would normally expect to find a `break'. A trivial example: switch (color) case GREEN: do_green(); break; case PINK: do_pink(); /* FALL THROUGH */ case RED: do_red(); break; default: do_blue(); break; The variant spelling `/* FALL THRU */' is also common. The effect of the above code is to `do_green()' when color is `GREEN', `do_red()' when color is `RED', `do_blue()' on any other color other than `PINK', and (and this is the important part) `do_pink()' _and then_ `do_red()' when color is `PINK'. Fall-through is considered harmful by some, though there are contexts (such as the coding of state machines) in which it is natural; it is generally considered good practice to include a comment highlighting the fall-through where one would normally expect a break. See also Duff's device. Source: Jargon File. |
Literature | Fall Through (To). To tumble through [an insecure place]; to fail of being carried out or accomplished. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Fall ThroughSynonyms: fall flat (v), flop (v), founder (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Failure | Come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out ; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down; (descent); go to wrack and ruin; (destruction). |
Shortcoming | Break down, stick in the mud, collapse, flat out, come to nothing; fall through, fall to the ground; cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail; lose ground; miss stays. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fall Through |
| English words defined with "fall through": To drop through. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fall through": flash roast ♦ GRAIN PICKER ♦ Hail, high-tension separation, hindered settling ♦ PRIMER BOXER, Pumped Storage Facility ♦ Richards' pulsator classifier. (references) |
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Screenplays | You know if I lose my grip on you I'll fall through this cloud (Dragon Ball; writing credit: Takao Koyama) | |
Lyrics | That we may fall through (I'm Like A Bird; performing artist: Nelly Furtado) Despite it, I show her the utmost respect when I fall through (Ms. Jackson; performing artist: Outkast) Like if someday it should fall through (Alive And Kicking; performing artist: Simple Minds; writing credit: Simple Minds) | |
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Business | Although there is no particular profile guaranteeing success in this sector, those hoping to enter the market should possess commercial, interpersonal, and managerial skills, as well as a high degree of motivation and the ability to re-double their efforts should sales fall through. (references) | |
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Expressions using "fall through": make fall through ♦ To fall through. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "fall through"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dështoj (abort, backfire, fail, fall down, fall short, fall short of, flop, go down the drain, go phut, lose, lose out, miscarry). (various references) | |
Arabic | وقع في, تشرد (bum, vagabond, vagrancy), خفق في التفاوض. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | провалям се (break down, collapse, come to grief, fail, fizzle out, fold, go awry, go phut, go to pot, go wrong, misfire, slump, sour, tumble down), пропадам (abyss, collapse, fail, go, go to the dogs, go under, go wrong, lose). (various references) | |
Chinese | 敗露 (fall through and stand exposed). (various references) | |
Czech | ztroskotat (be wrecked, bite, cast away, cave in, collapse, come to grief, fail, founder, go by the board, ground, miscarry, shipwreck, wreck), propadnout (expire, fail, flunk, lapse, surrender), padnout (die in battle, fit), neuspìt (fail). (various references) | |
Finnish | raueta tyhjiin (come to nothing), mennä myttyyn (come to nothing), luhistua (be shattered, collapse, come to nothing, fall in, tumble down). (various references) | |
French | échouer (fail, fail through, fall short of). (various references) | |
German | scheitern (be defeated, be wrecked, break down, breakdown, defeat, fail, failure, falling through, founder, foundering, go under, miscarry, stranding, to fail, to miscarry, wrecking), platzen (blow out, bounce, break up, burst, collapse, crack, explode, fall down, split, to burst), durchfallen (fail, flop, flunk, go down, to flunk), durchbrechen (appear, breach, break, break through, burst, come through, penetration, perforate, reveal itself, to breach, to break through). (various references) | |
Greek | αποτυχαίνω (drop through, emboss, fail, fall down, miscarry, overreach oneself, wash up). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"תבטל (bum around, idle, lallygag, laze, loaf, loiter, loll, putter, slack), ל"כשל (come to grief, dud, fail, fall, fall over, fizzle out, founder, miscarry, miss fire). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kudarcba fullad (flat out, to fail, to fall flat, to flat out, to go awry). (various references) | |
Italian | naufragare (be shipwrecked, be wrecked, fail, shipwreck, sink, wreck). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 立ち消え (die out). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たちぎえ (die out). (various references) | |
Manx | tuittym ny hrooid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allfay oughthray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | furar (bore, boring, broach, drill, hole, jab, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, spit, stab, tap, thrust). (various references) | |
Romanian | nu reuşi (abort, fail, fall, fall short of, flop, miscarry, Miss, slip up), cãdea (appear, arrive, climb down, collapse, come down, drop, err, fail, fall, founder, go under, have a fall, land, pitch, pluck, redound, ruin, sin, sink, slip down, slough away, slough off, strip, vote down). (various references) | |
Russian | провалиться (plough, plow, slump), проваливать, потерпеть неудачу (abort, come a cropper, come to grief, draw a blank, fall short of, fizzle out, go flop, go phut, go to the wall, miscarry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | propasti (fall in, go bust, go down the drain, go to pot, go under, sink). (various references) | |
Spanish | fracasar (abort, break down, bust, come to grief, come unstuck, crush, fail, fall apart, fall down, founder, go awry, go phut, go under, miscarry, pip). (various references) | |
Swedish | falla igenom (be defeated, be ploughed, fail), slå fel (fail, go adrift), misslyckas (abort, bomb, crack, fail, fails, failure, fall flat, lose, miscarry, Miss). (various references) | |
Turkish | fos çıkmak, suya düşmek (collapse, come to grief, come to naught, come to nought, come unstuck, fail, fizzle, fizzle out, flop, go by the board, go phut, go to pot, miscarry, peter out), başarısız olmak (collapse, come unstuck, fail, fall by the wayside, fall flat, flunk, make sorry show), başarı kazanamamak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зазнати невдачі (abort, come to grief, fail, fall down, fall short, flop, miss the bus, mucker), провалитися (flunk, unstick, wash up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai tapeinwqhsetai h ubriV tou israhl eiV proswpon autou kai israhl kai efraim asqenhsousin en taiV adikiaiV autwn kai asqenhsei kai ioudaV met' autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et respondebit arrogantia Israhel in facie eius et Israhel et Ephraim ruent in iniquitate sua ruet etiam Iudas cum eis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the pryde of Yrael shal answere in to his face, and Yrael and Effraym shuln falle to gydre in her wikkidnesse; also Juda shall falle with hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang pagpagarbo sa Israel nagapamatuod sa iyang atubangan; busa ang Israel ug ang Ephraim manghisukamod sa ilang kasal-anan; ang Juda usab mahasukamod uban kanila. |
| Croatian | Ponos Izraelov svjedoèi protiv njega; svojom krivnjom posrnu Efrajim, posrnut æe i Juda s njim. |
| Danish | Mod Israel vidner dets Hovmod; Efraim styrter for sin Brøde, med dem skal og Juda styrte. |
| Dutch | Dies zal Israel hovaardij in zijn aangezicht getuigen; en Israel en Efraim zullen vallen door hun ongerechtigheid; ook zal Juda met hen vallen. |
| Finnish | Israelin ylpeys syyttää häntä vasten silmiä, ja Israel ja Efraim kompastuvat syntivelkaansa; myös Juuda kompastuu heidän kanssansa. |
| French | L`orgueil d`Israël témoigne contre lui; Israël et Éphraïm tomberont par leur iniquité; Avec eux aussi tombera Juda. |
| German | Und die Hoffart Israels zeugt wider sie ins Angesicht. Darum sollen beide, Israel und Ephraim, fallen um ihrer Missetat willen; auch soll Juda samt ihnen fallen. |
| Hungarian | Izráel ellen az õ büszkesége tesz tanúbizonyságot, Izráel és Efraim bûneik miatt vesznek el; velök együtt Júda is elvész. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keangkuhan bangsa Israel tampak dengan jelas, dan menjadi bukti kesalahan mereka. Dosa mereka menyebabkan mereka terantuk dan jatuh, dan bangsa Yehuda turut jatuh bersama mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sombong Israel naik saksi juga atasnya di hadapan mukanya, sebab itu Israel dan Efrayim akan jatuh oleh kejahatannya, dan Yehudapun akan jatuh sertanya. |
| Italian | L'arroganza d'Israele testimonia contro di lui, Israele ed Efraim cadranno per le loro colpe e Giuda soccomber con loro. |
| Maori | E whakaaturia ana ta Iharaira e tona whakapehapeha ki tona aroaro ano: na ka hinga a Iharaira raua ko Eparaima i runga i to raua he, me Hura, ka hinga ngatahi ratou. |
| Norwegian | Og Israels stolthet skal vidne mot det like i dets åsyn, og Israel og Efra'im skal omkomme for sin misgjernings skyld; også Juda skal omkomme med dem. |
| Portuguese | A soberba de Israel testifica contra eles; e Israel e Efraim cairão pela sua iniqüidade, e Judá cairá juntamente com eles. |
| Rumanian | Dar mkndria lui Israel va fi martorq kmpotriva lui, wi Israel wi Efraim vor cqdea prin nelegiuirea lor, wi Iuda va cqdea wi el cu ei. |
| Spanish | La soberbia de Israel le acusará en su misma cara. Israel y Efraín tropezarán en su pecado. Judá también tropezará con ellos. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-h-h-l-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: although, loathful. | |
-4 letters: fallout, fraught, halloth, outfall, through. | |
-5 letters: artful, author, floral, forgat, fought, fourth, frugal, fugato, hallot, harlot, hatful, hulloa, ragout, rugola, though, thrall, torula, trough. | |
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