FUN


Meaning of FUN in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ enormous , excellent ( BrE ), good , great , terrific , tremendous

▪ pure , sheer

▪ clean , good clean , harmless , innocent , plain ( esp. AmE )

The boys' game started as harmless ~ but ended in tragedy.

It was just plain ~.

▪ family

VERB + FUN

▪ be , become , get

▪ look , seem , sound

▪ have

We had a lot of ~ at Mick's party.

He decided to have a little ~ at his friend's expense.

▪ ruin , spoil

We won't let the rain spoil our ~.

▪ want

▪ find

FUN + NOUN

▪ day

She organized an annual ~ day for local children.

PREPOSITION

▪ for ~

I write for ~, not because I expect to make money.

▪ in ~

I only said it in fun—don't take it seriously!

▪ ~ for

a game that's ~ for kids

PHRASES

▪ be no ~

It's no ~ getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.

▪ a bit of ~

I was only having a bit of ~.

▪ full of ~

This movie is full of ~.

▪ ~ and games

School isn't all ~ and games.

▪ just for ~ , just for the ~ of it

They took up motor racing just for the ~ of it.

▪ miss the ~

You're missing all the ~!

▪ the real ~

That's when the real ~ started!

▪ a sense of ~

You have to have a sense of ~ to be a good teacher.

▪ suck (all) the ~ out of sth ( AmE ), take the ~ away from sth , take the ~ out of sth

Must you take all the ~ out of everything?

II.

adj.

Fun is used with these nouns: ↑ day , ↑ diversion , ↑ evening , ↑ fair , ↑ fur , ↑ game , ↑ hobby , ↑ movie , ↑ night , ↑ part , ↑ read , ↑ ride , ↑ run , ↑ time

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .