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fall

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UK /foːl/ US /fɔːl/nounverbnameintj

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What does 'fall' mean in this sentence?

A friend has pointed out to me the following remark on this word: 'In North America the season in which this [the fall of the leaf] takes place, derives its name from that circumstance, and instead of autumn is universally called the fall.'