ENGLISH: fair - CREOLE: ekitab



Overview of noun fair



The noun fair has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) carnival, fair, funfair -- (a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)

2. fair -- (gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair")

3. fair -- (a competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair")

4. bazaar, fair -- (a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar")



Overview of verb fair



The verb fair has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) fair -- (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)



Overview of adj fair



The adj fair has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (10) fair, just -- (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul")

2. (6) impartial, fair -- (showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge")

3. (2) fair, fairish, reasonable -- (not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices")

4. (1) bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly -- (very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens")

5. fair -- ((of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag")

6. average, fair, mediocre, middling -- (lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best")

7. fair -- (attractively feminine; "the fair sex")

8. clean, fair -- ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript")

9. fair -- (free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm")

10. fair, fairish -- ((used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";)



Overview of adv fair



The adv fair has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. fairly, fair, clean -- (in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly")

2. fairly, fair, evenhandedly -- (without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another")

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