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Meaning of fair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
fɛə

Definitions

  1. Acronym of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability, a set of principles for data management.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  2. Acronym of Federation for American Immigration Reform.
    US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
  4. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
  5. A surname.
  6. Acronym of Facebook AI Research.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  7. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
    obsolete
  8. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
  9. To join (pieces) so as to be smooth, even, or regular: faired the aircraft's wing into the fuselage.
  10. Fairness, beauty.
    obsolete
  11. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
  12. Chiefly Southern US To become clear. Used of weather.
    Chiefly Southern US
  13. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
  14. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
  15. Just and honest.
  16. Good fortune; good luck.
    obsolete
  17. To the greatest or fullest extent possible: Our team was beaten for fair in that tournament.
  18. Something contrary to the rules: That was no fair.
  19. carnival
  20. billikheid, regverdigheid عَدْل справедливост justiça světlost; spravedlivost die Gerechtigkeit, die Schönheit fairness; retfærdighed; rimelighed δικαιοσύνηjusticia, imparcialidad õiglus انصاف؛ زیبایی tasapuolisuus blondeur; justiceצדק चारुता, सौंदर्य čestitost, nepristranost; ljepota korrektség; tökéletesség keadilan, kecantikan sanngirni; ljóst yfirbragð bellezza; biondezza 公平さ 공정 šviesumas, teisingumas gaišums; taisnīgums keadilan eerlijkheidrettferdighet; det lyse/blonde; skjønnheturoda, ...
  21. 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 jogo limpo poctivá hra, poctivé jednání faires Spiel ærligt spil 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 정정당당한 태도 garbingas elgesys, žai...
    etc
  22. [blonde] rubio-a; [light skin] de tez blanca; [average] regular;___ complexion → rubio-a, de tez clara; [weather] claro, despejado, favorable; [decision] imparcial, razonable, justa.
  23. Of pleasing appearance, especially because of a pure or fresh quality; comely.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca sərgi
Беларуская ры́нак
বাংলা মেলা
Bosanski bela festival smuk teg ures vašar пазар
Català bell fira just mercat
Čeština Fér jarmark spravedlivý vyhladit
Cymraeg golau hardd llywy teg
Dansk lys marked retfærdig rimelig smuk
Esperanto amuzejo bela blonda foiro justa
فارسی روشن
Gaeilge álainn aonach fionn réasúnta
Gàidhlig fèill fionn
Galego feira
עברית בהיר בהירה יפה צודק
हिन्दी मेला
Hrvatski bela festival smuk teg ures vašar пазар
Íslenska fagur sanngjarn
ქართული ბაზრობა
Қазақша жәрмеңке
Latina feria fōrmōsus iūstus pulcher
മലയാളം മേളം
Bahasa Melayu adil
Română iarmaroc
Slovenčina jarmok
Slovenščina pravičen
Shqip panair
Српски bela festival smuk teg ures vašar пазар
Tiếng Việt công bằng hội chợ

Examples

“When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?”
“Love and Hymen, hand in hand, Come, restore the nuptial band! And sincere delights prepare To crown the hero and the fair.”
“Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.””
“If single, probably his plighted Fair Has in his absence wedded some rich miser […].”
“My decayed fair”
“I have found out a gift for my fair.”
“Now, fair befall thee, good Petruchio!”
“The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.”
“While there is no official definition of sanctuaries, FAIR counted any jurisdiction that bans police or other officials from asking about immigration status, forbids communication with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or refuses to hold likely deportees for pickup by ICE.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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