fairadjective
uk/feər/us/fer/fair adjective (RIGHT)
B1 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
B1 If something is fair, it is reasonable and is what you expect or deserve:
If a game or competition is fair, it is done according to the rules:
it is the right way to treat someone and what they deserve:
it is true to say:
considering everything that has an effect on a situation, so that a fair judgment can be made:
something you say to show that you understand why someone has done or said something:
something that you say when you want someone to behave reasonably or treat you the same as other people:
an opportunity to explain something or give your opinions, without other people trying to influence the situation:
in an honest way and without any doubt:
UK US squarely If you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit that person hard, exactly on that part:
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- A fair justice system is a fundamental part of a civilized society.
- I suppose his criticism was fair comment .
- Everyone should have a fair slice of the cake.
- They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham.
- This job has more than its fair share of frustrations.
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Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- equitable
- even-handed
- eye
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fear
- law
- play the game idiom
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- sporting
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
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fair adjective (PALE)
A2 (of skin) pale, or (of hair) pale yellow or gold:
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Hair colour
- aflame
- auburn
- balayage
- blonde
- blondes have more fun idiom
- brunette
- carrot-top
- carroty
- chestnut
- coloring
- golden
- grey
- greying
- grizzled
- raven
- redhead
- sandy
- strawberry blonde
- sun-kissed
- Titian
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fair adjective (QUITE LARGE)
C2 [ before noun ] quite large:
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Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- burly
- capacious
- commodious
- grand
- heavy
- juicy
- L, l
- large-scale
- largish
- macro
- mass
- side
- spacious
- supersize
- swamp
- sweeping
- the bigger the better idiom
- walk-in
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fair adjective (AVERAGE)
C2 [ after verb ] neither very good nor very bad:
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Quite good, or not very good
- acceptable
- adequate
- agreeable
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
- average
- cut
- half decent
- iffy
- impure
- indifferent
- kind
- pass
- patchy
- reasonable
- refined
- rose
- rough
- rough edges idiom
- satisfactory
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fair adjective (QUITE GOOD)
[ before noun ] (of an idea, guess, or chance) good, but not excellent:
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Possible and probable
- always
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably
- as never before idiom
- avenue
- course
- lean
- lean towards sth
- liable
- likelihood
- likely
- realm
- sporting chance
- stand
- strange
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong
- ten
- ten to one idiom
- vista
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fair adjective (WEATHER)
(of weather) pleasant and dry:
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Describing good weather
- anticyclone
- be set fair idiom
- calm
- clemency
- clement
- cloudless
- dry
- fine
- glorious
- mild
- set
- settled
- summery
- sun shower
- sun-drenched
- sun-kissed
- sunny
- temperate
fair adjective (BEAUTIFUL)
old use or literary (of a woman) beautiful:
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Attractive
- a sight for sore eyes idiom
- adorable
- aesthetic
- alluring
- angelic
- disarm
- distinguished
- dreamy
- easy
- elegant
- noble
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- ornamental
- photogenic
- photograph
- voluptuous
- well built
- winning
- winsome
- zaftig
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Idiom(s)
fairnoun [ C ]
uk/feər/us/fer/a large public event where goods are bought and sold, usually from tables that have been specially arranged for the event, and where there is often entertainment:
B1 UK also funfair, US also carnival an outside event where you can ride on large machines for pleasure and play games to win prizes
C1 a large show at which people who work in a particular industry meet, and sell and advertise their products:
a public event in the countryside where farm animals and farm products are sold:
UK also fete a public event, often held outside, where you can take part in competitions and buy small things and food, often organized to collect money for a particular purpose:
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- prom
- rave
- Valentine's Day
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