FALLEN (TO) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

fallen (to)

verb

past participle of fall (to)

as in begun

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor

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The company has begun construction on an approximately $104 million expansion intended to enable large-scale production of heavy rare earth oxides.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
The book was begun in 1948, in the relative comfort of a sharashka, a prison research laboratory, where Solzhenitsyn—who had been sentenced to eight years in labor camps for criticizing Stalin in a private letter—had been temporarily moved.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of begun

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The father-daughter pair embraced as Verlander started to cry, and the crowd quickly rose to their feet for a standing ovation.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
The Tigers started drives by trying to get QB Austin Simmons going, but often fell behind the sticks with minimal gains or no gains on first and second down.

— PJ Green September 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of started

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The mountain, known to the Indigenous inhabitants of the region as the Six Grandfathers, was considered sacred, and construction commenced over the vehement objections of Native Americans.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Circle has commenced a search for its next CFO with the assistance of an executive search firm.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of commenced

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Feeling like finding this 950-square-foot apartment was kismet, Miranda-Martin signed the lease and set about creating a sophisticated and color-saturated sanctuary.

— Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
As the team set about their usual high-performance recovery routines, blending active recovery, massages and refueling, a group of USMNT players partook in a different form of relaxation altogether.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 June 2026

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