noun

freefall

FREE-fawl

noun

The state of falling under gravity alone, with no other force acting to slow it.

"Skydivers experience several seconds of freefall before opening their parachute."

A rapid and uncontrolled decline.

"The company's stock price went into freefall after the scandal broke."

verb

To drop rapidly and without control, literally or figuratively.

"Sales began to freefall as soon as the competitor launched its product."

How to Use Freefall

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishFalling freely under gravity, or, figuratively, dropping sharply and uncontrollably (like prices or morale).

Common pairings

go into freefall economic freefall

freefell past tense, freefallen past tense, freefalls plural, freefalls singular

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Skydivers experience several seconds of _____ before opening their parachute.

A compound of "free" and "fall."

befall