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US
/ˈfən/
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[ UK /fˈʌn/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌn/ ]
NOUN
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a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
he was fun to be with
her playfulness surprised me -
violent and excited activity
she asked for money and then the fun began -
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
he is fun to have around
I do it for the fun of it -
verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
he said it in sport
he became a figure of fun
How To Use fun In A Sentence
- He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
- The funeral will be held according to church.
- Mr Smith said the department's own funds, which have bankrolled major improvements in the naval service, had been well tapped and it was now time to explore new ways of funding.
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
- We laugh a lot and he has many anecdotes, funny, funny stories. The Sun
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- Hmm... a bit of Googling produces this short book review by Charles Solomon, which has the line: "As an essayist, Didion lacks the hyaline profundity of Susan Sontag or the classical erudition of Marguerite Yourcenar ... Making Light: Open thread 136
