Meaning

1 senses

  1. To behave equitably and honestly.

    Police interrogators don't have to play fair: they are allowed to lie to or coerce a witness.

    fair spielen, mit offenen Karten spielen

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Whether you win or lose, you must play fair.

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  2. We have to play fair, whether we win or lose.

    ruМы должны играть честно, независимо от того, выиграем мы или проиграем. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWir müssen fair spielen, ob wir nun gewinnen oder verlieren. — Zaghawa

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  3. His advice to us was that we should play fair.

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  4. Tom doesn't play fair.

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  5. You don't play fair.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to behave equitably:

Forms

plays fair, playing fair, played fair, played fair
Base formplay fair · to play fair
3rd person singularplays fair
Present participleplaying fair
Past simpleplayed fair
Past participleplayed fair

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplay fair
he, she, itplays fair

Past simpleLesson

all personsplayed fair

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave played fair
he, she, ithas played fair

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill play fair

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfair play

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plausibilityC1plausibleC1playA1playbackplayboyplayerA1playfulA2

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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