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# fairness

«fairness» in Mova's school dictionary: **treating people equally and justly, 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 (fairness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fairness means treating people equally and justly, following the rules, and not cheating or favouring anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#m1)

2) Fairness can mean having a pale skin or light hair (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#m2)

3) Fairness can also mean great beauty (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school, fairness is a key value: taking turns, sharing equally, playing by the rules, giving everyone a chance to speak. Teachers explain that fair does not always mean the same — it can mean everyone gets what they need. In maths, fair sharing is division into equal parts; a fair dice or coin gives every result an equal chance (probability). In sports, fair play awards. In stories, characters may fight for fairness and justice. Phrases: in fairness, fairness to all, a sense of fairness, out of fairness.

### examples

- The teacher's fairness made everyone trust her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x1)
- In fairness, he did try his best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x2)
- Taking turns is about fairness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x3)
- Fairness means the same rules for everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x4)
- We shared the 12 sweets with fairness: 4 each for 3 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x5)
- A good referee shows fairness to both teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x6)
- Anyone who picked an apple gained admittance into the golden castle, and there in a silver room sat an enchanted Princess of surpassing fairness and beauty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. From «fair» + «-ness». «Fair» also means a market or show (a funfair), and light-coloured (fair hair) — and it sounds like «fare» (the price of a bus or train ticket). Maths: fair sharing means equal parts, with no remainder left unfairly.

### In the corpora

- [People help build AI, and they deserve fairness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/16/)
- [Share fairly and offer to others first; fairness keeps friendships strong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/23/)
- [Fairness includes sharing the broken or boring things, not only the fun ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/19/)
- [Fairness means each child takes their share of the blame, not always the oldest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/41/)
- [Values are the things a person believes matter most, like fairness or freedom; different values lead people to want different answers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/1-what-politics-is-deciding-things-together/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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