fair

Betekenis

Adj

1. Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
4. Just, equitable.
5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
6. Favorable to a ship's course.
7. Favorable, pleasant.
8. Favorable, pleasant.
9. Favorable, pleasant.
10. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
11. Between the baselines.
12. Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
13. Not a no ball.
14. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

Noun

1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
2. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
3. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
5. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.

Verb

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. To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
4. To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
5. (obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.

Adv

Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.

Noun

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, a trade fair.
4. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɛə/

Etimologie

From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”). See also peace.

Sinne

Fair was born in Coldwater , Michigan .