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# fair

«fair» in Mova's school dictionary: **equal and right for everyone, following the rules** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a fair, fairs); adjective (fair, fairer, fairest); adverb (fair — play fair)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fair means equal and right for everyone, following the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m1)

2) A fair is a big outdoor event with rides, games, animals and food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m2)

3) Fair hair or skin is light in colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m3)

4) Fair weather is fine and dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m4)

5) Fair can mean quite good but not great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m5)

6) Fair can also mean beautiful, used in old stories and poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a story setting with tickets and rides; or «fair share», meaning equal parts (divide equally); a fair test in science changes only one thing; a fair coin or dice gives each side the same chance; school: book fair, science fair; everyday life: play fair, take turns; phrases: «that's not fair», «fair and square»

### examples

- Tickets to the fair cost $6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x1)
- He rode 4 rides at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x2)
- Is it fair if Tom gets 5 and Ann gets 3? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x3)
- They split the candy in a fair way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x4)
- We had a fair test for our plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x5)
- She has fair hair and blue eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x6)
- Our class went to the book fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x7)
- Play fair and take turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x8)
- "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/#x9)

### note

As an event: numbers are tickets and costs. As «fair share»: divide equally. Trap: none special. Homophone: «fare», the price of a bus or train ticket.

### In the corpora

- [Fair does not always mean the same for everyone; sometimes it means each person gets what they need.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/8/)
- [Sometimes fair means everyone gets the same, and sometimes it means people get what they need.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/18/)
- [The others in it may have said nothing in public, and a fair person remembers that.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/9/)
- [A family rota, where each person chooses the film in turn, makes movie night fair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/10/)
- [Artists and writers asked whether it is fair that AI learned from their work without asking, and courts are still deciding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fair» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fair/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.