FAIR


Meaning of FAIR in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ annual

▪ antiques , art , book , craft , horse ( BrE ), school ( esp. AmE ), steam ( BrE )

▪ career , job , science , trade

▪ fun (usually funfair ) ( BrE )

▪ local , street

▪ county , state (both AmE )

VERB + FAIR

▪ attend , go to , visit

▪ have , hold , host

The city is holding its annual trade ~ in May this year.

▪ organize

She is organizing next year's book ~.

FAIR + VERB

▪ take place

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

I bought it at a local craft ~.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ make sth

I'll give you ten pounds each to make it ~.

▪ consider sth , think sth

I didn't think it ~ that the others should be allowed to go but not me.

ADVERB

▪ scrupulously , very

It's important to be scrupulously ~ when grading the final exam paper.

▪ absolutely , completely , entirely , perfectly , quite , totally

I don't care what he thinks. It seems perfectly ~ to me.

That doesn't seem quite ~.

▪ hardly , not really

It's hardly ~ that I should be working while everyone else is enjoying themselves!

▪ pretty , reasonably

PHRASES

▪ to be ~

To be ~, we hadn't really spent enough time on the job.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

That seems ~ to all sides.

Fair is used with these nouns: ↑ allocation , ↑ amount , ↑ assessment , ↑ balance , ↑ bet , ↑ bit , ↑ catch , ↑ chance , ↑ comment , ↑ comparison , ↑ compensation , ↑ competition , ↑ complexion , ↑ compromise , ↑ contest , ↑ copy , ↑ criticism , ↑ cross section , ↑ deal , ↑ degree , ↑ description , ↑ distance , ↑ distribution , ↑ division , ↑ election , ↑ estimate , ↑ exchange , ↑ fight , ↑ guess , ↑ hair , ↑ head , ↑ hearing , ↑ imitation , ↑ indication , ↑ inference , ↑ measure , ↑ number , ↑ offer , ↑ percentage , ↑ play , ↑ price , ↑ proportion , ↑ reflection , ↑ rent , ↑ representation , ↑ return , ↑ sex , ↑ size , ↑ skin , ↑ slice , ↑ summary , ↑ system , ↑ test , ↑ trade , ↑ treatment , ↑ trial , ↑ use , ↑ vote , ↑ wage , ↑ warning , ↑ weather , ↑ while , ↑ wind

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