Fair Definition
To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- expo
- donnybrook fair
- kermis
- centennial
- spectacle
- crafts fair
- flea market
- exchange
- bourse
- market
- display
- street fair
- world's fair
- state fair
- county-fair
- Just and honest.
- To the greatest or fullest extent possible:
Our team was beaten for fair in that tournament.
- Something contrary to the rules:
That was no fair.
- with justice and honesty
- moderately good; passable
Other Word Forms of Fair
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fair
Origin of Fair
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From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer (“fair, lovely, beautiful; pleasant, agreeable; attractive”), from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English faire from Old French feire from Late Latin fēria sing. of Latin fēriae holidays dhēs- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English fæger lovely, pleasant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French feire, from Latin fēriae.
From Wiktionary
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