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Most common English words: bad « forward « remember « #519: fair » blood » copyright » late

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Etymology 1Modificar

Old English fæġer, from Proto-Germanic *fagroz. Cognate with Swedish fager.

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Fair (comparative Fairer, superlative Fairest)

Positive
Fair

Comparative
Fairer

Superlative
Fairest

  1. (literary or archaic) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
    Monday's child is fair of face.
  2. Unblemished and innocent; clean and pure.
    one's fair name
  3. Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also refers to blond hair.
    She had fair hair and blue eyes.
  4. Just, equitable.
    He must be given a fair trial.
  5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
    The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
  6. (baseball) Between the baselines.
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pretty or attractive
just, equitable
adequate, reasonable, decent
light in color or pale
baseball: between the baselines

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Singular
Fair

Plural
Fairs

Fair (plural Fairs)
  1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
    When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
  2. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
    • 1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 2, scene 8
      Love and Hymen, hand in hand,
      Come, restore the nuptial band!
      And sincere delights prepare
      To crown the hero and the fair.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 39:
      In enjoying, therefore, such place of rendezvous, the British fair ought to esteem themselves more happy than any of their foreign sisters [...].

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Infinitive
to Fair

Third person singular
Fairs

Simple past
Faired

Past participle
Faired

Present participle
Fairing

to Fair (third-person singular simple present Fairs, present participle Fairing, simple past and past participle Faired)
  1. to construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce air drag.

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From Old French feire, from Latin fēriae.

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Singular
Fair

Plural
Fairs

Fair (plural Fairs)
  1. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
  2. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
  3. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business.
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celebration
market
professional event, trade fair
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Infinitive
to Fair

Third person singular
Fairs

Simple past
Faired

Past participle
Faired

Present participle
Fairing

to Fair (third-person singular simple present Fairs, present participle Fairing, simple past and past participle Faired)
  1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
  2. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
  3. (obsolete) To make fair.
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to smoothen a surface
to bring into perfect alignment

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fair

  1. just, equitable, adequate, honest, in good spirit
    ein faires Spiel
    Es ist nur fair, auch wenn alle gleich schlecht behandelt werden.

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  • IPA: [fˠaɾʲ]

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Fair

  1. to watch

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First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present fairim faireann tú;
fairir† 		faireann sé, sí fairimid faireann sibh faireann siad;
fairid† 		fairtear
past [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbair]] mé;
[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireas]]† 		[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbair]] tú;
[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairis]]† 		[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbair]] sé, sí [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireamar]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbair]] sibh;
[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireabhair]]† 		[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbair]] siad;
[[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireadar]]† 		faireadh
future fairfidh mé;
fairfead† 		fairfidh tú;
fairfir† 		fairfidh sé, sí fairfimid;
fairfeam† 		fairfidh sibh fairfidh siad;
fairfid† 		fairfear
past habitual [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairinn]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairteá]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireadh]] sé, sí [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairimis]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbaireadh]] sibh [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairidís]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairtí]]
imperative fairim fair faireadh sé, sí fairimis fairigí fairidís fairtear
conditional [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfinn]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfeá]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfeadh]] sé, sí [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfimis]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfeadh]] sibh [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfidís]] [[Patrono:Ga-mut-lenition-verbairfí]]
subjunctive present faire mé;
fairead† 		faire tú;
fairir† 		faire sé, sí fairimid faire sibh faire siad;
fairid† 		fairtear
past fairinn fairteá faireadh sé, sí fairimis faireadh sibh fairidís fairtí
verbal noun faire
past participle fairthe

† Dialect form

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Irish mutation
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fair fhair bhfair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
de:fair

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