Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FAIR
FAIR
Definitions of FAIR
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- Just, equitable.
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
- (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
- (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
- (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
- (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
- Favorable, pleasant.
- Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using FAIR in a Sentence
- The country has a bicameral legislature and a political party system, based on universal adult suffrage and fair elections.
- In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches or passes first base after hitting the ball into fair territory with neither the benefit of an error nor a fielder's choice.
- The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.
- He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.
- Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution.
- Fair use is one of the limitations to copyright intended to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public interest in the wider distribution and use of creative works by allowing as a defense to copyright infringement claims certain limited uses that might otherwise be considered infringement.
- Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest.
- Fair Isle has been occupied since Neolithic times, which is remarkable given the lack of raw materials on the island, although it is surrounded by rich fishing waters.
- Futurama was an exhibit and ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes, which presented a possible model of the world 20 years into the future (1959–1960).
- He was replaced as one of the directors of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), and won the Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964), which was his fifth time nominated.
- His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal; his brother-in-law was Hasdrubal the Fair, who commanded other Carthaginian armies.
- Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953).
- Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.
- None of the elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western standards with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.
- Key escrow (also known as a "fair" cryptosystem) is an arrangement in which the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data are held in escrow so that, under certain circumstances, an authorized third party may gain access to those keys.
- Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos originally played at Jarry Park Stadium before moving to Olympic Stadium in 1977.
- 1307 – Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
- Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and free and fair elections.
- One player to a hand is an important poker rule designed to promote fair play that is universally applied in casino play.
- The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (Jarmark Świętojański), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect.
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