Meaning

14 senses
  1. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

    one's fair name

    After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.

  2. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

    She had fair hair and blue eyes.

    hell, hellhäutig, blond

    све́тлыйsvétlyj

    сві́тлийsvítlyj

    (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

  3. Just.

    He must be given a fair trial.

    fair, anständig, gerecht

    справедли́выйspravedlívyj, правоме́рныйpravomérnyj, че́стныйčéstnyj

    справедли́вийspravedlývyj, че́снийčésnyj

  4. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

    Their performance has been only fair.

    The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.

    den Umständen entsprechend, angebracht, erträglich

    прие́млемыйprijémlemyj, сно́сныйsnósnyj

  5. Favorable to a ship's course.

  6. Favorable, pleasant.

    The weather was fair today.

  7. Favorable, pleasant.

    Not overcast; cloudless; clear.

    a fair sky

    heiter

  8. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.

    a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view

  9. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

  10. Between the baselines.

    (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

  11. Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.

  12. Not a no ball.

Examples

816 sentences
  1. Do you really think that's fair?

    Ти насправді гадаєш, що це справедливо? — deniko

    ruТы действительно думаешь, что это честно? — Balamax

    deHältst du das wirklich für fair? — Zaghawa

  2. I still don't think it's fair.

    Я все одно вважаю, що це нечесно. — deniko

    ruЯ всё равно считаю, что это нечестно. — marafon

  3. I'll give you a fair price.

    Я запропоную тобі чесну ціну. — deniko

    ruЯ предложу вам справедливую цену. — odexed

  4. I think it's a fair decision.

    Гадаю, це справедливе рішення. — miketheknight

    ruЯ думаю, это справедливое решение. — marafon

    deIch glaube es ist eine faire Entscheidung. — moskytoo

  5. Does that seem fair to you?

    Це тобі здається справедливим? — deniko

    ruЭто кажется вам справедливым? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
light in color or pale:
just, equitable:
Русский
By meaning 4
pretty or attractive:
light in color or pale:
just, equitable:
adequate, reasonable, decent:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
pretty or attractive:
light in color or pale:
just, equitable:
adequate, reasonable, decent:
not overcast or raining of weather:

Origin

From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *

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”).

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Forms

fairer, fairest
Comparativefairer Lesson
Superlativefairest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored:fairish
  • free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules:just
  • not excessive or extreme:fairishreasonable
  • gained or earned without cheating or stealing:honest
  • (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections:clean
  • lacking exceptional quality or ability:averagemediocremiddling

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

60 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • seem fair
  • will be fair
  • being being fair
  • life isn't fair
  • seem fair to
  • doesn't seem fair
  • fair at all
  • that was fair
  • would be fair
  • decision was fair
  • that seems fair
  • to be fair

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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