fair
IPA: fˈɛr
noun
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
- (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
verb
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
adjective
- (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
adverb
- Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
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Examples of "fair" in Sentences
- He made a fair decision.
- The museum is exhibiting a fair.
- A judge should be fair and unbiased.
- Is is fair to decriminalize a criminal
- Is that a fair appraisal of the situation
- A fair amount of monopolization is ongoing.
- Aversion to fairness is the obvious answer.
- The fairness of the presentation is not the issue.
- Fairness is an attribute of whites, but not the determiner.
- If the woman in the kimono wasn't fair use, though, this isn't fair use either.
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