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 objects to the expression, "eyes so fair," saying _fair_ is a bad word for eyes.
- Mr. Vincent will be left in the lurch; he will not even have the lady's fair hand -- her _fair_ heart is
- Synder's tax plan may be simple and efficient, but the word fair means different things to different people.
- Daura, my daughter, thou wert fair, fair as the moon on Fura, white as the driven snow, sweet as the breathing gale.
- Here we are four years later, and President Obama on Tuesday night linked the term "fair" to U.S. tax and economic policy seven times.
- I. i.10 (396,5) Fair is foul, and foul is fair] I believe the meaning is, that _to us_, perverse and malignant as we are, _fair is foul, and foul is fair_.
- "None deserve the fair but the _brave_ [_deserve the fair_."] "They postpone the thing which [_they ought to do, and do not] but_ which [_thing_] they cannot avoid purposing to do."
- The merchant was generally offered a fair price for his bread or corn, and if he refused to accept it, rioters seized the goods, distributed them, and left the fair price in exchange.
- River, which has since been "improved" out of existence, -- was a favorite place of resort with my old friend and his fair companion -- _fair_, no doubt she was, albeit her beauty was hidden from the vulgar gaze in the manner already indicated.
- English Clay had never considered the matter in this view before; but now it was pointed out, he confessed it struck him as _very fair -- very fair_: and his pride, of which he had a comfortable portion, being now touched, he asserted both his disinterestedness and his right to judge and choose in this business entirely for himself.
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