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Adjective

1. Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.

a fairer distribution of wealth

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2. Just or appropriate in the circumstances.

it's not fair to take it out on her

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3. (of a means or procedure) not violent.

try first by fair means

4. (of hair or complexion) light; blonde.

For blondes, chamomile can lighten fair hair when used as a rinse.

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5. (of a person) having a light complexion or hair.

he's very fair with blue eyes

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6. Considerable though not outstanding in size or amount.

Tracking down other dead notables often took a fair amount of detective work.

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7. Moderately good.

he believes he has a fair chance of success

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8. Complete; utter.

The fair fool Noel has taken a week-long fancy to me, and I am making an age-long fool of him.

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9. (of weather) fine and dry.

York's tour buses trundle around their circuit come fair weather or foul.

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10. (of the wind) favourable.

That's true even if the forecast is for sunny skies and fair winds.

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11. Beautiful.

Elves were once known, even by humans, to be a fair and beautiful race of species.

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12. (of words) specious despite being initially attractive.

Titania was stunned by the fair words that graced the paper, but she couldn't for the life of her figure out who wrote it.

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Adverb

1. Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.

I hate to put it that way, but in my book, you ought to go out there to play to win, but you ought to play fair, you have to play by the rules, and these are things you should learn as a kid.

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2. To a high degree.

I'm fair tuckered out with the excitement of it all.

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Noun

1. A beautiful woman.

pursuing his fair in a solitary street

Verb

1. (of the weather) become fine.

The weather faired, and our general caused our great pinnace to be made ready, and to row along the coast

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Origin

1. Old English fæger ‘pleasing, attractive’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fagar.

Noun

1. A gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment.

In villages, festivals and fairs are occasions for entertainment and relaxation.

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2. A periodic gathering for the sale of goods.

Organisers have appealed for items to be donated for sale at the fair.

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3. An exhibition to promote particular products.

the European Fine Art Fair

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4. An annual competitive exhibition of livestock, agricultural products, etc., held by a town, county, or state.

Homemade jellies, pies and canned goods earned her ribbons at the county fair.

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Origin

1. Middle English (in the sense ‘periodic gathering for the sale of goods’): from Old French feire, from late Latin feria, singular of Latin feriae ‘holy days’ (on which such fairs were often held).

Verb

1. Smooth the lines of (a vehicle, boat, or aircraft) to reduce drag; streamline.

Torpedo tubes are faired into either side of the bow, complete with live torpedoes.

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Origin

1. Old English in the senses ‘beautify’ and ‘appear or become clean’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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