Fair

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
2 German
- 2.1 Adjective
3 Irish
- 3.1 Verb

English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
bad	forward	remember	#519: fair	blood	copyright	late

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Pronunciation

IPA: /feÉ/

homophones: fare

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Adjective

fair

just, equitable
a fair trial
adequate, reasonable, or decent
The patient was in fair condition after some treatment.
light in color or pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also refers to blond hair.
Peasants ran in panic as Erik the Red and HÃ¡kan the Fair with their band of Vikings plundered their village.
pretty or attractive, especially because of light skin
(baseball) between the baselines

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

fair copy

fair use

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Wry definition

The price of the fare at the fair was fair.

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Translations

just, equitable

Danish: retfÃ¦rdig
Finnish: reilu, rehti
German: fair

adequate, reasonable, decent

Danish: rimelig
Finnish: kohtuullinen, kohtalainen
German: den UmstÃ¤nden entsprechend; angebracht; ertrÃ¤glich, ganz ordentlich (colloquial)

light in color or pale

Danish: lys, blond
Dutch: bleek
Finnish: vaalea

pretty or attractive

Danish: smuk
Finnish: viehkeÃ¤

German: schÃ¶n, wunderbar
Scots Gaelic: maiseach, bÃ²idheach, sgÃ¨imheach

baseball: between the baselines

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