| fair 1 (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. Phrasal Verb: 1. Archaic A beautiful or beloved woman. 2. Obsolete Loveliness; beauty. fair off/up Chiefly Southern U.S. Idioms: To become clear. Used of weather. 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, dispassionate 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. Dispassionate means free from or unaffected by strong emotions: a dispassionate reporter. See Also Synonyms at average, beautiful. Regional Note: 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 (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 f  ria, sing. of Latin friae, holidays; see dhs- in Indo-European roots.] |
fair 1
Adjective
1. reasonable and just: a move towards fair trade
2. in agreement with rules
3. light in colour: her fair skin
4. Old-fashioned young and beautiful: a fair maiden
5. quite good: a fair attempt at making a soufflé
6. quite large: they made a fair amount of money
7. (of the tide or wind) favourable to the passage of a ship or plane
8. fine or cloudless
9. fair and square in a correct or just way
Adverb
1. in a fair way
2. absolutely or squarely: he was caught fair off his guard [Old English fæger]
fairness n
fair 2
Noun
1. a travelling entertainment with sideshows, rides, and amusements
2. an exhibition of goods produced by a particular industry to promote business: the Frankfurt book fair [Latin feriae holidays]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  fair - a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.show - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill" midway - the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located |
| 2. | fair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place | |
| 3. | fair - a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair" expo, exposition, exhibition - a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display | |
| 4. | fair - a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" cut-rate sale, sales event, sale - an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" book fair, bookfair - bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause craft fair - a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale | |
| Verb | 1. | fair - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| Adj. | 1. | fair - free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" impartial - showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge" reasonable, sensible - showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" |
| 2. | fair - not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" | |
| 3. | fair - very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party" | |
| 4. | fair - (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" foul - (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines | |
| 5. | fair - lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" | |
| 6. | fair - attractively feminine; "the fair sex" feminine - associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" | |
| 7. | fair - (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" legible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered; "legible handwriting" | |
| 8. | fair - gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny" | |
| 9. | fair - free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm" clear - free from clouds or mist or haze; "on a clear day" | |
| 10. | fair - (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion"; blond, blonde, light-haired - being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" | |
| Adv. | 1. | fair - in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" |
| 2. | fair - without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another" |
fair 1
adjective 1. unbiased, impartial, even-handed, unprejudiced, just, clean, square, equal, objective, reasonable, proper, legitimate, upright, honourable, honest, equitable, lawful, trustworthy, on the level (informal) disinterested, dispassionate, above board, according to the rules << OPPOSITE unfair
adjective 2. respectable, middling, average, reasonable, decent, acceptable, moderate, adequate, satisfactory, not bad, mediocre, so-so (informal) tolerable, passable, O.K. or okay (informal) all right
adjective 3. light, golden, blonde, blond, yellowish, fair-haired, light-coloured, flaxen-haired, towheaded, tow-haired
adjective 5. fine, clear, dry, bright, pleasant, sunny, favourable, clement, cloudless, unclouded, sunshiny
adjective 6. beautiful, pretty, attractive, lovely, handsome, good-looking, bonny, comely, beauteous, well-favoured << OPPOSITE ugly fair and square honestly, straight, legally, on the level (informal) by the book, lawfully, above board, according to the rules, without cheating
fair 2
Translations
fair [fɛəʳ] adj → justo; [hair, person] → rubio; [weather] → bueno (= good enough); suficiente (= sizeable); considerable
(BRIT) (funfair) → parque m de atracciones;
a fair amount of → bastante;
trade fair → feria de muestras
fair [fɛəʳ] adj → équitable, juste (= reasonable); correct(e) → honnête; [hair] → blond(e); [skin, complexion] → pâle, blanc(blanche); [weather] → beau(belle) (= good enough); assez bon(ne) (= sizeable); considérable
(Brit) (= funfair); fête (foraine);
(also: trade fair) → foire(-exposition) commerciale;
a fair amount of → une quantité considérable de
fair [fɛəʳ] adj → gerecht, fair;
(size, number) → ansehnlich;
(hair) → blond;
(skin, complexion) → hell;
(weather) → schön
fair [fɛəʳ] adj [person, decision] → giusto/a, equo/a; [hair etc] → biondo/a; [skin, complexion] → bianco/a; [weather] → bello/a, clemente (= good enough); assai buono/a (= sizeable); bello/a
adv to play fair → giocare correttamente n → fiera;
a fair amount of → un bel po' di
adj fair [feə]
1 light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair. blond, lig أشْقر светъл světlý; plavý lys hell ξανθός rubio, claro, blanco hele(dajuukseline) سرخ و سفید vaalea blond בָּהִיר गोरा svijetle puti, plavokos világos; szőke warna pirang ljós biondo; chiaro 金髪の (빛깔이) 옅은, 살결이 흰, 금발의 šviesus, šviesiaplaukis gaišs; gaišmatains warna cerah blond lys, blond; skjær jasny, jasnowłosy claro blond светлый; белокурый svetlý svetel svetao ljus ที่มีสีอ่อน sarı, sarışın (膚色)白晰的，(頭發)金黃色的 білявий اجلے رنگ کا vàng hoe (tóc); trắng (da) （肤色）白晰的，（头发）金黄色的
2 just; not favouring one side a fair test. regverdig, billik عادِل справедлив spravedlivý fair; retfærdig gerecht δίκαιος justo, equitativo õiglane بی غرض oikeudenmukainen juste הוֹגֶן काफी pravedan, nepristran becsületes adil sanngjarn giusto 公平な 공정한 teisingas, sąžiningas godīgs; taisnīgs adil eerlijk rettferdig, rettskaffen sprawiedliwy justo corect справедливый spravodlivý nepristranski fer rättvis ยุติธรรม âdil, dürüst 公平的 справедливий, чесний منصفانہ công bằng 公平的
3 (of weather) fine; without rain a fair afternoon. mooi weer صافٍ، مُعْتَدِل ясен pěkný god; fin schön ωραίος, αίθριος (για καιρό) bueno selge ملایم kaunis beau נוֹחַ अच्छे दिनों का vedar, lijep szép, jó (idő) cerah bjartur, heiðskír bello 晴れた 맑은, 갠 puikus skaists; jauks (par laiku) cuaca baik mooi pen; lettskyet piękny bonito frumos ясный pekný lep prijatan klar (อากาศ) ดี açık, güzel, bulutsuz 晴朗的 ясний; гарний واضح ، بغیر بارش کے thời tiết đẹp 晴朗的
4 quite good; neither bad nor good Her work is only fair. redelik, billik مُتَوَسّط задоволителен ucházející rimelig; tilfredsstillende recht gut καλούτσικος, μέτριος regular keskmine متوسط kohtalainen passable טוב לְמַדַי अच्छा osrednji, prihvatljiv elég jó cukup baik sæmilegur, þokkalegur discreto 並の 괜찮은, 중간 정도의, 평균의 šiaip sau, neblogas diezgan labs; apmierinošs agak baik matig noenlunde, middels zadawalający suficiente/razoável acceptabil посредственный celkom dobrý zadovoljiv zadovoljavajući hygglig, ganska bra ปานกลาง oldukça iyi 尚好的 непоганий, задовільний مناسب ، ٹھیک ٹھاک khá; khá tốt 尚好的
5 quite big, long etc a fair size. redelik, groterig, taamlik groot كَبير голям přiměřený hel; betydelig ansehnlich ικανοποιητικός considerable kenake(ne) نسبتاً بزرگ melkoinen beau גָדוֹל לְמַדַי काफी बड़ा prilican (veličina i dužina) meglehetős sedang nokkuð stór/langur bello かなりの (크기나 양이) 상당한, 꽤 ...한 gana didelis vidējs; mērens sedang behoorlijk anselig, temmelig (stor) dość duży um certo tamanho/algo grande destul de mare значительный primeraný precejšen priličan ganska stor มากพอประมาณ oldukça büyük/uzun Vb. 適當的 чималий, значний کافی بڑا اور لمبا rất lớn; rất dài 适当的
6 beautiful a fair maiden. pragtig جَميل، وَسيم хубав krásný smuk hübsch όμορφος bello kaunis زیبا kaunis beau יָפֶה गोरा lijep szép(séges) cantik fallegur bello 美しい 아름다운 gražus skaists cantik mooi pen, fager, skjønn piękny belo/formoso frumos красивый krásny čeden lep vacker, fager สวยงาม güzel 美麗的 прекрасний, гарний خوبصورت đẹp 美丽的
n fairness
billikheid, regverdigheid عَدْل справедливост světlost; spravedlivost fairness; retfærdighed; rimelighed die Gerechtigkeit, die Schönheit δικαιοσύνη justicia, imparcialidad õiglus انصاف؛ زیبایی vaaleus, oikeudenmukaisuus blondeur; justice צֶדֶק चारुता, सौंदर्य čestitost, nepristranost; ljepota korrektség; tökéletesség keadilan, kecantikan sanngirni; ljóst yfirbragð bellezza; biondezza 公平さ 공정, 아름다움 šviesumas, teisingumas gaišums; taisnīgums keadilan eerlijkheid rettferdighet; det lyse/blonde; skjønnhet uroda, sprawiedliwość, jasność justiça culoare deschisă; corectitudine справедливость slušnosť; svetlosť poštenost pravičnost rättvisa, blondhet, fagert utseende ความยุติธรรม güzellik; âdillik 公平 чистота; справедливість حق ، انصاف sự công bằng; màu sáng 公平
adv fairly
1 justly; honestly fairly judged. regverdig, billik, redelikerwys بِعَدالَه справедливо čestně, poctivě retfærdigt gerecht δίκαια justamente, equitativamente õiglaselt منصفانه oikeudenmukaisesti impartialement בַּהֲגִינוּת उचित रूप से, न्याय से pravedno tisztességesen dengan adil heiðarlega equamente 公正に 공정하게 teisingai godīgi; taisnīgi dengan adil eerlijk rettferdig, rimelig, ærlig sprawiedliwie, bezstronnie justamente/com justiça, honestamente corect справедливо čestne, poctivo nepristransko pravično rättvist อย่างยุติธรรม dürüstçe 公正地 чесно; справедливо عادلانہ một cách công bằng; ngay thẳng 公正地
2 quite or rather The work was fairly hard. redelik إلى حَد ما، بَعض الشَّيء доста docela temmelig; nogenlunde ziemlich αρκετά bastante üsna نسبتاً kohtalaisen assez לְמַדַי स्पष्टतया, पूर्ण रूप से prilično meglehetősen agak sæmilega, nokkuð abbastanza かなり 상당히, 꽤 gana, pakankamai diezgan; mēreni agak vrij ganske, nokså, temmelig całkiem, dość bastante destul (de) довольно dosť precej prilično ganska, rätt อย่างพอสมควร oldukça, bir hayli 相當 досить; цілком نمایاں طور پر kha khá 相当
fair play
honest treatment; an absence of cheating, biased actions etc He's not involved in the contest – he's only here to see fair play. eerlike/ skoon spel عَدْل ، إنْصاف честна игра poctivá hra, poctivé jednání ærligt spil faires Spiel τίμιο παιχνίδι, τίμια συμπεριφορά juego limpio aus mäng جوانمردی؛ انصاف reilu peli franc jeu מִשׂחָק הוֹגֵן निपष्क्ष व्यवहार poštena igra, fer plej korrekt eljárás perlakuan adil heiðarlegur fair play, gioco corretto フェアプレー 공정한 시합, 공명 정대한 조치 garbingas elgesys, žaidimas pagal taisykles godīga rīcība/spēle bersikap adil eerlijk spel ærlig spill, rettferdighet uczciwe postępowanie jogo limpo fair-play честная игра poctivá hra poštena igra poštena igra rent spel การแข่งขันที่ขาวสะอาด hilesiz iş, âdil hareket 公平處理 гра за правилами; справедливість مناسب برتاؤ یا سلوک chơi đẹp 公平处理
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