[
UK
/fˈeə/
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[ US /ˈfɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛɹ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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attractively feminine
the fair sex -
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
by fair means or foul
a fair fight
fair deal
on a fair footing
a fair referee -
very pleasing to the eye
there's a bonny bay beyond
young fair maidens
a comely face
my bonny lass -
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
fair copy
a clean manuscript -
(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
a fair complexion -
(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
he hit a fair ball over the third base bag -
gained or earned without cheating or stealing
an honest wage
an fair penny -
free of clouds or rain
today will be fair and warm -
lacking exceptional quality or ability
in fair health
the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
the performance was middling at best
a novel of average merit
only a fair performance of the sonata -
not excessive or extreme
a fairish income
reasonable prices
NOUN
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a competitive exhibition of farm products
she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair -
a sale of miscellany; often for charity
the church bazaar - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
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gathering of producers to promote business
book fair
world fair
trade fair
VERB
- join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
ADVERB
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in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
they played fairly -
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
deal fairly with one another
How To Use fair In A Sentence
- Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
- He said this was an abuse of public monies and the fact there was no contribution from the business community was ‘grossly unfair.’
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- Nor do I deny that they sometimes abuse their power and are unfair to individuals.
- It's not entirely accurate - the book is a bit darker than that, but there is a fair bit of lovable eccentricity to the characters.
- “And now, Sir John de Walton,” he said, “methinks you are a little churlish in not ordering me some breakfast, after I have been all night engaged in your affairs; and a cup of muscadel would, I think, be no bad induction to a full consideration of this perplexed matter.” Castle Dangerous
- Like, Darren, I have a fairly uncommon name - however, there are a couple of others out there.
- If we got into Ceram (and got out again), the doctor would reduce the whole affair to a few tables of anthropological measurements, a few more hampers of birds, beasts, and native rubbish in the hold, and a score of paragraphs couched in the evaporated, millimetric terms of science. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- The little divil that stole the dog-team an 'wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin 'her fairy stories? CHAPTER I
