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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