FALL INTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall into mean? 

• FALL INTO (verb)
  The verb FALL INTO has 1 sense:

1. be included in or classified as

  Familiarity information: FALL INTO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL INTO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be included in or classified as

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fall into; fall under

Context example:

This falls under the rubric 'various'

Hypernyms (to "fall into" is one way to...):

be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Well, I have no doubt that this small matter will fall into the same innocent category.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This comet didn’t fall into the sun, but rather whipped around it – or at least, it would have if it had survived its journey.

(ESA, NASA’s SOHO Sees Bright Sungrazer Comet, NASA)

The Professor says that if we can so treat the Count's body, it will soon after fall into dust.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A dendritic cell neoplasm that does not fall into well-defined categories or shows hybrid features.

(Dendritic Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

NASA's Kepler space telescope has found hundreds of candidate planets that fall into this category.

(Helium-Shrouded Planets May Be Common in Our Galaxy, NASA)

Human nature is so prone to fall into it!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“You have let a hair fall into the well,” said he.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

In fact, 80% of the planets in our galaxy may fall into this mass range.

(Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, Spitzer, NASA)

Observing seasonal changes on Titan will continue to be a major goal for the Cassini mission as summer comes to Titan's north and the southern latitudes fall into winter darkness.

(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)

Instead of being awakened by a fire, you may fall into a deeper sleep.

(Fires, Federal Emergency Management Agency)