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fair 1 F0013200 (fâr)adj. fair·er, fair·est 1. Of pleasing appearance, especially because of a pure or fresh quality; comely.2. a. Light in color, especially blond: fair hair.b. Of light complexion: fair skin.3. Free of clouds or storms; clear and sunny: fair skies.4. Free of blemishes or stains; clean and pure: one's fair name.5. Promising; likely: We're in a fair way to succeed.6. a. Having or exhibiting a disposition that is free of favoritism or bias; impartial: a fair mediator.b. Just to all parties; equitable: a compromise that is fair to both factions.7. Being in accordance with relative merit or significance: She wanted to receive her fair share of the proceeds.8. Consistent with rules, logic, or ethics: a fair tactic.9. Moderately good; acceptable or satisfactory: gave only a fair performance of the play; in fair health.10. Superficially true or appealing; specious: Don't trust his fair promises.11. Lawful to hunt or attack: fair game.12. Archaic Free of all obstacles.adv.1. In a proper or legal manner: playing fair.2. Directly; straight: a blow caught fair in the stomach.tr.v. faired, fair·ing, fairs To join (pieces) so as to be smooth, even, or regular: faired the aircraft's wing into the fuselage.n.1. Archaic A beautiful or beloved woman.2. Obsolete Loveliness; beauty.Phrasal Verb: fair off (or up) Chiefly Southern US To become clear. Used of weather.Idioms: fair and square Just and honest. for fair To the greatest or fullest extent possible: Our team was beaten for fair in that tournament. no fair Something contrary to the rules: That was no fair.
[Middle English, from Old English fæger, lovely, pleasant.]
fair′ness n.Synonyms: fair1, just1, equitable, impartial, unprejudiced, unbiased, objective
These adjectives mean free from favoritism, self-interest, or preference in judgment. Fair is the most general: a fair referee; a fair deal. Just stresses conformity with what is legally or ethically right or proper: "a just and lasting peace" (Abraham Lincoln).
Equitable implies justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair: an equitable distribution of gifts among the children. Impartial emphasizes lack of favoritism: "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" (Edmund Burke).
Unprejudiced means without preconceived opinions or judgments: an unprejudiced evaluation of the proposal. Unbiased implies absence of a preference or partiality: gave an unbiased account of her family problems. Objective implies detachment that permits impersonal observation and judgment: an objective jury. See Also Synonyms at average, beautiful.Our Living Language American folk speech puts Standard English to shame in its wealth of words for describing weather conditions. When the weather goes from fair to cloudy, New Englanders say that it's "breedin' up a storm" (Maine informant in the Linguistic Atlas of New England). If the weather is clear, however, a New Englander might call it open. Southern fair off and fair up, meaning "to become clear," were originally Northeastern terms and were brought to the South as settlement expanded southward and westward. They are now "regionalized to the South," according to Craig M. Carver, author of American Regional Dialects. These phrases may have prompted the coining of milding and milding down, noted respectively in Texas and Virginia by the Dictionary of American Regional English.
fair 2 F0013200 (fâr)n.1. A gathering held at a specified time and place for the buying and selling of goods; a market.2. An exhibition, as of farm products or manufactured goods, usually accompanied by various competitions and entertainments: a state fair.3. An exhibition intended to inform people about a product or business opportunity: a computer fair; a job fair.4. An event, usually for the benefit of a charity or public institution, including entertainment and the sale of goods; a bazaar: a church fair.
[Middle English faire, from Old French feire, from Late Latin fēria, sing. of Latin fēriae, holidays; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.]Translationssquare (skweə) noun1. a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles. 正方形(物) 正方形（物） 2. something in the shape of this. 方形物體 方形物体3. an open place in a town, with the buildings round it. 廣場 广场4. the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself. 3 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3. 平方 平方 adjective1. having the shape of a square or right angle. I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin. 方形的，直角的 方形的，直角的 2. (of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc. If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal). 結清(帳目)的 结清（帐目）的 3. measuring a particular amount on all four sides. This piece of wood is two metres square. 見方的 见方的4. old-fashioned. square ideas about clothes. 古板的 古板的 adverb1. at right angles, or in a square shape. The carpet is not cut square with the corner. 直角的 直角的2. firmly and directly. She hit him square on the point of the chin. 結結實實地 结结实实地 verb1. to give a square shape to or make square. 把...弄成方形 把...弄成方形2. to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc). I must square my account with you. 結清(帳目) 结清（帐目） 3. to (cause to) fit or agree. His story doesn't square with the facts. 符合 符合4. to multiply a number by itself. Two squared is four. 平方 平方squared adjective1. marked or ruled with squares. squared paper. 劃分成方格 划分成方格2. having been squared. 成正方形的 成正方形的ˈsquarely adverb directly and firmly. He stood squarely in front of me; She looked squarely at me. 直截了當地，乾脆地 直截了当地，干脆地 square centimetre/metre etc (often abbreviated to cm2, *m2etc when written) an area equal to a square in which each side is one centimetre, metre etc. If the door is 3 metres high and 1.5 metres wide, its area is 4.5 square metres. 平方公分(公尺) 平方厘米（米） square root the number which, multiplied by itself, gives the number that is being considered. The square root of 16 is 4 ( 16 = 4). 平方根 平方根fair and square directly. He hit him fair and square on the nose. 正直 正直go back to square one to start all over again. 重新開始 重新开始a square deal a fair bargain; fair treatment. 公平交易 公平交易fair and square
fair and squareCompletely fair(ly); without any unfair methods. No, I won that round fair and square—no rematch!See also: and, fair, squarefair and squarecompletely fair(ly); justly; within the rules. She won the game fair and square. The division of the money should be fair and square.See also: and, fair, squarefair and squareJust and honest, as in He won the race fair and square. This redundant expression- fair and square mean essentially the same thing-probably owes its long life to its rhyme. [Early 1600s] See also: and, fair, squarefair and square If someone wins a competition or does something fair and square, they do it without cheating or lying. I was beaten fair and square. My father bought them fair and square fifty years ago. We've still got the receipts.See also: and, fair, squarefair and square 1 with absolute accuracy. 2 honestly and straight-forwardly.See also: and, fair, squarefair and ˈsquare (also fairly and ˈsquarely)
1 completely and fully: They were the better team and they beat us fair and square.
2 directly and with force: I hit him fair and square on the chin.See also: and, fair, square fair and square Just and honest.See also: and, fair, squarefair and squareJust and unequivocal. This expression, recorded since the early seventeenth century, owes its appeal to its rhyme and has survived despite its tautology (“square” here means the same as “fair,” surviving in such phrases as “a square deal”). “You are fair and square in all your dealings,” wrote William Wycherley (The Gentleman Dancing Master, 1673). See also: and, fair, squareEncyclopediaSeefairFinancialSeeFair |