πτώση — meaning in English

English meaning

• downfall noun A sudden loss of power, status, or success.
• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
• flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.

Senses

πτώση is used for these senses in English:

• Fall (theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve. [from 14th c.]
• downfall A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
• drop An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
• flop A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
• grammatical case (grammar) A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially the syntactic function in a phrase.

downfall — full definition

1. noun A sudden loss of power, status, or success.
2. noun The specific cause of such a collapse.

drop — full definition

1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

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