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- pronunciation:
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fawl
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
befalls, befalling, befell, befallen |
definition: |
to take place; happen.
I can never forget the horror that befell that night.- synonyms:
- betide, happen, occur, take place
- similar words:
- chance, come to pass, crop up, fall, hap, intervene, pass, supervene
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related words: |
happen |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
definition: |
to happen to.
Misfortune befell him in those years after his marriage.- similar words:
- become of, betide
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related words: |
overtake |
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