Definition of Fall under

1. Verb. Be included in or classified as. "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

Exact synonyms: Fall Into
Generic synonyms: Be, Comprise, Constitute, Make Up, Represent

Definition of Fall under

1. Verb. (transitive) To belong to for purposes of categorization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Under

fall open
fall out
fall over
fall over backwards
fall over one's feet
fall over oneself
fall pregnant
fall prey
fall short
fall short of
fall streaks
fall through
fall through the cracks
fall to pieces
fall together
fall under
fall upon
fall webworm
fall wind
fall winds
fallacies
fallacious
fallaciously
fallaciousness
fallacy
fallacy fallacies
fallacy fallacy
fallal
fallaleries
fallalery

Literary usage of Fall under

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"BESIDES the several courts which were treated of in the preceding chapter and m which all injuries are redressed, that fall under the cognizance of the ..."

2. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... and the ignorant will be apt to say, that going barefoot does not at all help on in the way to heaven. The red cap and the cowl will fall under the same ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"... such as are liable to fall under the notice of the practitioners located in different portions of the United States—we know of no systematic treatise on ..."

4. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"We shall give authentic, full, and circumstantial intelligence on all matters which regularly fall under the heads of our extensive plan, ..."

5. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"Cases may fall under both. ?S 142-144. What embraced in the auxiliary jurisdiction. 1145. Order of subjects. §129. Equitable Jurisdiction Defined. ..."

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