"fall under" meaning in English

See fall under in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: falls under [present, singular, third-person], falling under [participle, present], fell under [past], fallen under [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> under}} fall under (third-person singular simple present falls under, present participle falling under, simple past fell under, past participle fallen under)
  1. (transitive) To belong to for purposes of categorization. Tags: transitive Translations (to belong to): vallen onder (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-fall_under-en-verb-02j9oxdF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (under)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fall under meaning in English (1.3kB)

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