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caduta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dive verb To plunge headfirst into water.
  • 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.
  • plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
  • tumble verb To fall suddenly, often rolling or turning over as it happens.

Senses

caduta is used for these senses in English:

  • dive A decline.
  • 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.
  • plummet (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.
  • tumble A fall, especially end over end.

dive — full definition

  1. verb To plunge headfirst into water.
  2. verb To drop or descend sharply and quickly.
  3. noun A cheap, run-down bar or club.

downfall — full definition

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

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