WOTW: fair
| - Tim Lake |
“Fair” is an adjective with several different meanings. It can also be an adverb. Let’s find out what the meanings are.
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The first meaning of the adjective “fair” is treating people equally.
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+ That’s not fair, she took my toy!
+ They should be given fair treatment.
+ There isn’t a fair distribution of wealth in this country.
+ It was a fair hearing and the judge gave a fair punishment.
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The second meaning of the adjective “fair” is light coloured skin or hair.
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+ You have fair skin; make sure you use sunscreen.
+ She had long, fair hair.
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The third meaning of the adjective “fair” means less than a lot, but more than a little; a considerable amount.
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+ He did a fair bit of teaching in Japan.
+ I did a fair bit of training to be able to compete in the race.
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When talking about weather, the adjective “fair” means fine and dry.
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+ It was a fair autumn day, prefect for hiking.
+ Let’s pray for fair weather for race day.
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As an adverb “fair” means without cheating
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+ The other team didn’t play fair at all. There should have been a red card or two.
+ He played fair, but still lost.
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The pronunciation is / fɛː /.
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NB. Fair is also a noun with a very different meaning.
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This word is in the New General Service List, a list of the 3,000 most common words in English communication. You can get the full list on our website by clicking here.
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この単語は、英語で最もよく使われる3,000の単語のリストであるNew General Service Listからのものです。完全なリストはこちらから。
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