Antonyms for falling-off


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl


Definition of falling-off

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
  • As in slump : noun decline, failure
Example sentences :
  • He soon perceived the falling-off in the number of his visitors.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • Then there has been a falling-off in the pools of Pierrefonds?
  • Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • But surely, when compared with the Cambridge list, a falling-off must be admitted.
  • Extract from : « Obiter Dicta » by Augustine Birrell
  • The only thing that is probable is a falling-off, not an advance.
  • Extract from : « Royal Edinburgh » by Margaret Oliphant
  • The cause of this falling-off is not far to seek; indeed, has already been hinted at.
  • Extract from : « Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician » by Frederick Niecks
  • However, his coxcombry was a falling-off from early seriousness.
  • Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
  • Both elements in Demand are curtailed by the falling-off of Profits.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy » by Arthur Latham Perry
  • In the last fifteen or twenty years the falling-off has been very marked.
  • Extract from : « Birds in Town and Village » by W. H. Hudson
  • The falling-off was entirely due to the above-named resolution.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lyell and Modern Geology » by Thomas George Bonney
  • The question is, how has the falling-off in Italian painting been caused?
  • Extract from : « Selections from Previous Works » by Samuel Butler

Synonyms for falling-off

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