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fair

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛə/

The English word “fair” has 20 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
  2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
  3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.
  4. Just.
  5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
  6. Favorable to a ship's course.
  7. Favorable, pleasant.
  8. Not overcast; cloudless; clear.
  9. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
  10. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
  11. Between the baselines.
  12. Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
  13. Not a no ball.
  14. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

noun

  1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
  2. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
  3. Fairness, beauty.
  4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
  5. Good fortune; good luck.

verb

  1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).

Etymology

From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; agreement, settlement”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German and Old Saxon fagar (“beautiful, fair”), Danish fager, favr (“fair, pretty, wonderful”), Faroese and Icelandic fagur…

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