fallen

American  

[faw-luhn] / ˈfɔ lən /

verb

1. past participle of fall.

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adjective

1. having dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc.

2. on the ground; prostrate; down flat.

   Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road.

3. degraded or immoral.

4. (of a woman) having lost her chastity.

5. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered.

   a fallen city.

6. dead.

   fallen troops.

fallen British  

/ ˈfɔːlən /

verb

1. the past participle of fall

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adjective

1. having sunk in reputation or honour

   a fallen woman

2. killed in battle with glory

   our fallen heroes

3. defeated

Other Word Forms

• unfallen adjective

Etymology

Origin of fallen

First recorded before 900, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Cort adopted his professional name early in his career, having fallen in love with the theater.

From Los Angeles Times

The artificial-intelligence trade is no longer lifting all boats, and some tech stocks have fallen by double-digit percentages this year because of fears that AI will erode their market share.

From Barron's

Crude stocks were expected to have fallen by 400,000 barrels, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harlow has fallen to the back, and Nash and Oliver are fighting for the front spot.

From Literature

And that was when she had fallen in love with the man who became Allun's father, a laughing brown-eyed singer who came to the village one autumn with a troupe of Travelers.

From Literature

Related Words

• collapsed
• decayed