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Definition: Fair |
FairAdjective1. 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. Showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge". 3. More than adequate in quality; "fair work". 4. Not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices". 5. Visually appealing; "our fair city". 6. Very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens". 7. (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag". 8. Of no 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". 9. Attractively feminine (especially in the phrase "the fair sex"). 10. : (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript". 11. : free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm". 12. : (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";. Adverb1. In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly". 2. In a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another". Noun1. A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. 2. Gathering of producers to promote business: "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair". 3. A competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair". 4. A sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar". Verb1. Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fair" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | FAIR |
Business | Chiefly Brit. a periodic gathering of buyers and sellers in an appointed place. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of being at a fair, denotes that you will have a pleasant and profitable business and a congenial companion. For a young woman, this dream signifies a jovial and even-tempered man for a life partner. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
General | Exhibition of products or services in a specific area of activity held with the objective of promoting business. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Fair (The). Charles IV., King of France, le Bel (1294, 1322-1328). Philippe IV. of France, le Bel (1268, 1285-1314). Fair as Lady Done. A great Cheshire family that has long occupied a mansion at Utkinton. (Cheshire expression.) Fair Geraldine. (See Geraldine.) Fair Rosamond. (See Rosamond.) To bid fair, as "he bids fair to be a good ..." To give good promise of being ...; to indicate future success or excellence; one de quo bene sperare licet. Fair as a lily. (See Similes.) Fair (Latin feriæ, holidays.) A day after the fair. Too late for the fun. "Sero sapiunt Phryges. " The Phrygians were noted for their obstinacy; hence, Phryx verberatus melior. They were thrice conquered: by Hercules, the Greeks, and the Latins, and were wise "after the events." Fair (Statute). (See Mop .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | FAIR. A set of subterraneous rooms in the Fleet Prison. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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- For the actors' guilds called "equity," see Actors' Equity Association (U.S.) or British Actors' Equity Association (U.K.).
- For "equity" as the value of an ownership interest in property, see ownership equity.
Equity is "fairness" or "justness" and, specifically, is the name given to the whole area of the law that deals with disputes between persons when neither of them has done anything against the law, but there is a conflict between their rights or claims. Thus, it is to be contrasted with "law," which is the legal principles from the common law, the laws enacted by governments, and the "case law" (the principles set forth in courts' opinions deciding cases).
The "law courts" or "courts of law" were the courts all over England that enforced the king's laws in medieval times, but the "chancery courts" or "courts of equity" evolved from his discretionary decisions based on the specific facts of a single case. The only remedy a court of law can award is money damages, but a plaintiff whose neighbor will not return his only milk cow, which wandered onto the neighbor's property, for example, may want that particular cow back and not just its monetary value: A court of equity can order the neighbor to return the cow.
In the U.S today, the federal courts and most state courts have combined both functions in the same courts, so a plaintiff can get legal and equitable relief in one proceeding. This reflects the position in England where the fusion of law and equity was substantially effected by the Judicature Acts 1873-1875. Delaware, however, still has separate courts for law and equity -- and its Court of Chancery is where most cases involving Delaware corporations are decided, so it shapes corporation law for the whole country -- and some other states have separate divisions for legal and equitable matters in a single court. It is important to state that in the United States where trial by jury is guaranteed it is not guaranteed in court of equity as equity can only be dispensed by a judge as it is a matter of law and not subject to the intervention of the jury as trier of fact.
The distinction between "legal" and "equitable" relief is an important aspect of the American legal system. The right of jury trial in civil cases is guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution, but only in cases that traditionally would have been handled by the law courts at Common Law. The question of whether a case should be determined by a jury depends largely on the type of relief the plaintiff requests. If a plaintiff requests damages in the form of money or, in certain cases, return of a specific item of property, the relief is a common law relief. On the other hand, if the plaintiff requests an injunction, declaratory judgment, specific performance, modification of contract, or other non-monetary releif, the claim would be one of equity.
Besides corporation law, which developed out of the law of trusts, areas within the jurisdiction of chancery courts included wills and probate, adoptions and guardianships, and marriage and divorce. The kinds of relief chancery courts could grant included injunctions (which are court orders not to do something specific, like bulldoze a fence someone else claims is theirs) and court orders requiring a person to take some specified action (like sign over the deed for a certain parcel of real estate).
The procedures in a court of equity were much more flexible than the courts at common law. In American civil practice, certain devices such as joinder, counterclaim, cross-claim and interpleader originated in the courts of equity. Because American federal courts don't distinguish between law and equity since the promulgation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, these devices are now available in all Federal Civil Actions where appropriate.
Whereas the laws a court of law enforced were often written down by whoever made the laws, the principles a court of equity applied were not, so a list of the principles evolved as the Maxims of equity. (Similar "maxims of the law" also exist.) Indeed, one of the historic criticisms of equity as it developed was that it had no fixed rules of its own and each Lord Chancellor (who traditionally administered the courts of equity on behalf of the King) gave judgement according to his own conscience. John Selden, an eminent seventeenth century jurist, declared, "Equity varies with the length of the Chancellor's foot".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Equity."
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FAIR is the name for a fete or market often held at a fairgound.FAIR is the acronym name of two different United States activist groups:
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a left-wing media watchdog group, which attacks alleged media bias and inaccuracy.
- Federation for American Immigration Reform, a non-partisan organization which promotes reduction in immigration, and increased enforcement against illegal immigration.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "FAIR."
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Fair is the name for the gathering together of townspeople to display or trade produce, parade animals and often enjoy associated carnival or fairground entertainment.It is a centuries-old tradition, and many communities have long had dedicated fairgrounds, while others hold them in a variety of public places, including streets and town squares, or even in large private gardens. They are often held to coincide with the anniversary of a significant event in history in the area.
Activities at fairs vary so widely that they are known by many different names around the world, such as carnival, fete, county fair, festival, market and show, etc. “Lesser” activities such as flea markets are sometimes incorporated in a fair.
Fairs are sometimes important showcases for businessmen in agricultural, pastoral and horticultural districts because they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fair-fete."
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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), formed in 1986, is a left-leaning media watch group that works against and documents alleged media bias and erroneous reporting. First published in 1987, Extra!, FAIR's bimonthly magazine, features allegations of current media bias, censorship, and effects of media consolidation. Covering a variety of social issues, FAIR addresses news coverage that it finds biased with rebuttals.In May 2002, Jeff Cohen, FAIR's founder, left the organization to work as a producer on Phil Donahue's short-lived liberal talk show on MSNBC.
External Links
- FAIR website
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting."
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Justice is a concept involving the fair and moral treatment of all persons, especially as regards social rules. It is often seen as the continued effort to do what is "right".
Classically, justice was the ability to recognise one's debts and pay them. It was a virtue that encompassed an unwillingness to lie or steal. It was the basis for the code duello. In this view, justice is the opposite of the vice of venality.
In jurisprudence, justice is the obligation that the legal system has toward the individual citizen and the society as a whole.
Justice (in both senses) is part of the debate regarding moral relativism and moral absolutism: Is there an "absolute standard" of justice, under which all behavior should be judged, or is acceptable for justice to have different meanings in different societies? Some cultures, for instance, see punishments such as the death penalty as being appropriate, whilst others decry such acts as crimes against humanity.
See also: civil justice, court, criminal justice, ethics, individual rights, morality, social control, social justice, virtue
Justice is also the title used by the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. The court is composed of the Chief Justice of the United States, and eight Associate Justices.
Justice is the English name of the Greek goddess Themis, or the Roman goddess Justitia.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Justice."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FAIR | English | Forecast and assessment of socio-economic impact of advanced communications and recommendations | Economics |
| FAIRS | English | Fair and Impartial Random Selection System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FairSynonyms: average (adj), bonnie (adj), bonny (adj), clean (adj), comely (adj), fair(a) (adj), fairish (adj), impartial (adj), just (adj), mediocre (adj), middling (adj), reasonable (adj), sightly (adj), evenhandedly (adv), fairly (adv), without favoring one party (adv), bazaar (n), carnival (n), funfair (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: foul (adj), partial (adj), unfair (adj), unfairly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Adjective: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive; (inviting); delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical; (regular); harmonious; (color); sightly. |
Greatness | Adjective: great; greater; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge; (large in size); Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; (enough) full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith. |
Imperfection | Indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing. |
Inexpedience | Favorable; propitious; (hope-giving); fair. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed; undazzled, unperplexed; unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair. |
Mart | Noun: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's. |
Probity | Adjective: upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious; virtuous; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white. |
Right | Adjective: right, good; just, reasonable; fit; equal, equable, equatable; evenhanded, fair. |
Unimportance | Subordinate; (inferior); mediocre; (average); passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary; (habitual); inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fair |
| English words defined with "fair": book fair ♦ craft fair ♦ Fair ball, fair deal, fair game, Fair maid, Fancy fair ♦ The fair ♦ vanity fair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fair": Bartholomew Fair ♦ CROW FAIR ♦ fair day's pay, Fair fall you, Fair Havens, Fair market value, Fair Play is a Jewel, Fair Trade, Fair Value, Fair Way ♦ HORN FAIR ♦ Paddington Fair, Passing Fair, Phyllising the Fair ♦ RAG FAIR ♦ SCRAGG'EM FAIR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fair": Feyre. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fair" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (fair, just, righteous), German (clean, decent, equatable, equitable, equitably, fair, faire, nondiscriminatory, sporting, sportingly, squarely), Irish (abide, await, expect, wait for, watch; expect), Scottish (bring over here, fetch : fair a nall). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That isn't fair Dev. (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) I wish the world was a place where fair was the bottom line, where the kind of idealism you showed at the hearing was rewarded, not taken advantage of. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Who knows what you have spoken to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of your bower closing in about you, a hutch to trammel some wild thing in? So fair, yet so cold like a morning of pale Spring still clinging to Winter (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Yeah, I think it would be fair to say I liked Andy from the start (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Fair enough (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) | |
Lyrics | Ain't nobody tell us it wuz fair (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) Now it ain't fair (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) It's not fair to deny me (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Saivoir fair there she goes (There She Goes; performing artist: Babyface) This life isn't fair (All About Soul; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Clever | Only the brave deserve the fair, but only rich, fat, cowardly merchants can afford same. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) A fair face may fade, but a beautiful soul last forever. (references; author: unknown) Life is not fair, but life is not fair for everyone. That makes life fair. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if you ever burned down the gymnasium with your Science Fair project. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fair Play (1971) Santa's Fantasy Fair (1969) Vanity Fair (1967) The Fair at Yavi (1965) My Fair Lagardère (1965) | |
Song Titles | Copshawholme Fair (performing artist: Steeleye Span) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Various shots of black attendees at a health fair in Detroit sponsored by the Michigan Cancer Foundation providing cancer prevention information. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Fair J. Bryant. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Group photograph of ill-fated Battery B of the 285th FAOB Major Fair J. Bryant was executive officer and survey officer of the 285th FAOB. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Survey Launch #15 , called "Fair Dinkum" at Cross Island. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, with fair weather cumulus. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | 4-H sheep auction at Charles County Maryland Fair. Credit: USDA. |
 | Tim Ours sheers one of his sheep prior to judging at the Prince William County Fair, VA . Credit: USDA. |  | Smokey Bear helping kids learn about fire prevention at a Head Start Fair. Credit: Lori Cook. |
 | Job Recruitment Fair. Credit: D. Huntington. |  | Ronald Skoog and FWS Display at Tanana Valley Fair in Fairbanks. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "2 Boys at fair" by Hank Furnbach Commentary: "My 2 sons at a small country fair on a ride." | "Harper's Ferry Craft Fair, We" by Geoff Hartman Commentary: "Harper's Ferry Craft Fair, West Virginia." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Dante Alighieri | A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. |
Horace | O fairer daughter of a fair mother! |
Jeremy Collier | Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Fair and softly goes far. |
| Faint heart never won fair lady. | |
Nicolas Boileau-despreaux | Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair. |
Plutarch | When the candles are out all women are fair. |
Publilius Syrus | A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. |
Thomas Carlyle | A fair day's wages for a fair day's work. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | In these and the like cases, when the government is dissolved, the people are at liberty to provide for themselves, by erecting a new legislative, differing from the other, by the change of persons, or form, or both, as they shall find it most for their safety and good: for the society can never, by the fault of another, lose the native and original right it has to preserve itself, which can only be done by a settled legislative, and a fair and impartial execution of the laws made by it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Any of the inhabitants of the Saar Basin who may desire to leave the territory will have full liberty to retain in it their immovable property or to sell it at fair prices, and to remove their movable property free of any charges. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | A very gracious invitation was returned, and the evening no longer dreaded by the fair mistress of the mansion |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But the fair musician was at a safe distance |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She was fair and pure as a lily that had bloomed in Paradise |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Beyond this, more than one was jealous of her fair hair and of her white teeth |
Alexander's Feast | John Dryden | Bacchus, ever fair and ever young |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It broke up violently her fair image and flung the fragments on all sides |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Feet fair and clean |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | We were in a chamber from whence there was a fair prospect into the park |
Sonnets | William Shakespeare | I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is known that individuals with fair complexions are more susceptible to this damage. (references) | |
Another one-third show only fair recovery and are left with significant deficits such as spastic gait, sensory dysfunction, and prominent urinary urgency or incontinence. (references) | ||
When review of the evidence is confined to studies aimed at high-risk individuals, there is a relatively small number of methodologically strong, sufficiently large studies specifically addressing the effectiveness of primary prevention interventions, with the exception of fluoride varnish, for which there is fair evidence of effectiveness. (references) | ||
Business | An injured worker is entitled to fair compensation. (references) | |
If an accident occurs, a worker is entitled to fair compensation. (references) | ||
The fair is also supported by the Healthcare Agency of Kazakhstan. (references) | ||
Children | Canada | Nonetheless, a general consensus among the media, NGO's, and civil society considered the offer fair and the case closed. (references) |
Spain | The law aims to ensure fair access to public employment, prevent discrimination, and facilitate access to public facilities and transportation. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Gambia | However, during the presidential campaign, opposition candidates had frequent and fair access to state-owned radio and television. (references) |
Discrimination | United Kingdom | In Northern Ireland the Fair Employment Act specifically banned employment discrimination on the grounds of religious or political opinion. (references) |
United Kingdom | The 1998 Fair Employment and Treatment Order extended the prohibition on discrimination to the provision of goods, facilities, services, and premises. (references) | |
Indonesia | An amendment to the Constitution adopted during 2000 introduced the possibility of affirmative action to achieve fair and equal treatment; however, some activists believe that because the amendment does not mention men or women specifically, it would not adequately protect women. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | It also ensures fair competition. (references) |
Taiwan | The regulatory system is generally fair. (references) | |
Panama | Rulings by arbitrators are generally fair and reasonable. (references) | |
Human Rights | Seychelles | Defendants generally have the right to a fair trial. (references) |
Uganda | The military court system does not assure the right to a fair trial. (references) | |
Kuwait | The trial appeared to have been conducted in a fair and open manner. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | When disputes cannot be settled, the Government has the authority to define fair compensation for land. (references) |
Cameroon | Pygmies reportedly continued to complain that the forests they inhabit were being logged without fair compensation. (references) | |
Minorities | Bhutan | Local officials took advantage of the climate of repression to coerce ethnic Nepalese to sell their land below its fair value and to emigrate. (references) |
Political Economy | Kuwait | These elections were generally considered to be free and fair. (references) |
Belarus | The OSCE concluded that the elections were neither free nor fair. (references) | |
Slovenia | Free, fair, and open elections characterize the political system. (references) | |
Political Rights | Jordan | The process generally was regarded as free and fair. (references) |
Monaco | The 1998 National Council elections were free and fair. (references) | |
Dominica | Observers considered that election to be generally free and fair. (references) | |
Trade | Japan | A fair number of companies have benefited or failed simply as a result of timing. (references) |
Argentina | Argentine fair trade laws are based on Article VI of the WTO under resolutions 281/97 and 622/95. (references) | |
Switzerland | Certification from the trade fair authorities that the goods are entering Switzerland for the exhibition, is usually required. (references) | |
Travel | Cape Verde | Sanitation is fair in Mindelo and Praia. (references) |
Tunisia | FOOD STANDARDS ARE FAIR AND THE WATER IN THE COASTAL AREA IS POTABLE. (references) | |
Ghana | Accra has a fair number of adequate, Western-standard rental residential properties. (references) | |
Women | Cyprus | In cases of divorce, the court decides on a fair distribution of the family's assets, with each partner assured a minimum of 30 percent. (references) |
Benin | Some women deputies have threatened to call for public protests if the legislation does not receive full, fair, and expeditious consideration. (references) | |
Sierra Leone | They were instrumental in pressuring the previous government to allow free and fair multiparty elections in 1996 and were vocal representatives of civil society during the peace talks in Lome in 1999. A significant number of women are employed as civil servants. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bahrain | The selection of worker representatives appears to be fair. (references) |
Ukraine | There have been cases in which such disputes were not settled in a fair and equitable manner. (references) | |
Namibia | Unfair dismissals occur when an employer terminates employment without following correct procedures and a substantially fair process. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dominick Dunne | I think he can get a fair trial. I think you can always get a fair trial. I think he's going to have a hard time. I don't have the least bit of sympathy for the guy, I'm sorry. And it's going to be fascinating to watch that trial. |
Donald Rumsfeld | Well, I don't know, but you've got very limited space at Arlington Cemetery. There are a set of rules that the Congress and the department have worked out over years that are assumed to be fair and reasonable. |
House Minority Whip David Bonior | That's not personal. It's taking on the Republican Party and their policies. And, you know, Bush and Cheney are oil folks and, I mean, I think that's a fair thing to go after. |
Jan Ronis | It's fair game. And if the judge didn't let this in, I could assure you, in the event there would be a conviction, it would be a reversal. It would have been a reversal. |
Senator Patrick Leahy | I'd hold a hearing. We'd have a completely fair hearing. Justice Scalia is a longtime personal friend. We'd have that hearing, and I'd determine after the hearing. |
Tom Brokaw | The difference is that this time, obviously, that the United States is poised and ready to go to war. The clock is now running at a faster pace, I think it is fair to say. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | From existing amities and a spirit of justice it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Suggestions are made by the Secretary of various improvements, which deserve careful consideration, and most of which, if adopted, bid fair to promote the efficiency of this important branch of the public service. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | We desire commercial relations on equal terms, being ever willing to give a fair equivalent for advantages received. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | As they always do when they have a fair chance, the people demonstrated that they are sound and are determined to have a sound government. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I shall also urge the Congress to act on several other vital pending bills-especially the civil rights measures-fair jury trials, protection of Federal rights, enforcement of equal employment opportunity, and fair housing. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our Nation is better able than ever before to meet the needs of the American people, and to give them their fair chance in the pursuit of happiness. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But free trade must also be fair trade. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Effective enforcement of our nation's fair housing laws is also essential to ensuring equal opportunity. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | You pay a fair price for security and, when you get sick, health care is always there. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It's fair to tax a company's profits. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Fair" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.97% of the time. "Fair" is used about 6,248 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.97% | 5,122 | 1,910 |
| Adverb (general) | 10.26% | 641 | 10,166 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.52% | 283 | 17,340 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.17% | 198 | 21,729 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.08% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,248 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fair" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fair | Last name | 8,000 | 1,479 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "fair". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Cyprus | N/A | Biblical | Fair |
| Japhet | N/A | Biblical | Fair |
| Naam | N/A | Biblical | Fair |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Cedar Fair, L.P. |
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Expressions using "fair": a day after the fair ♦ a fair amount ♦ a fair field and no favor ♦ a fair sum ♦ After the fair ♦ be in a fair way ♦ bid fair ♦ bid fair to ♦ book fair ♦ by fair means of foul ♦ by fair means or foul ♦ Cape Fair ♦ code of fair information practice ♦ code of fair practice ♦ come a day after the fair ♦ copy fair ♦ copy smth. out fair ♦ craft fair ♦ curtailed of its fair proportions ♦ Donnybrook Fair ♦ fair amount ♦ fair and softly! ♦ Fair and square ♦ fair average ♦ Fair ball ♦ fair barge ♦ Fair Bluff ♦ fair boy ♦ Fair catch ♦ fair chance ♦ fair colour ♦ fair compensation ♦ fair copy ♦ fair day ♦ fair day's pay ♦ fair deal ♦ fair dealers ♦ fair dealing ♦ fair drawing ♦ fair enough! ♦ fair field ♦ fair field and no favor ♦ fair field and no favour ♦ fair friend ♦ fair game ♦ fair ground ♦ Fair Grove ♦ fair haired ♦ Fair Haven ♦ Fair Haven sharpies ♦ fair Havens ♦ fair hearing ♦ fair hit ♦ fair in the face ♦ Fair Lawn ♦ Fair maid ♦ fair market value ♦ fair name ♦ Fair Oaks ♦ Fair Oaks Ranch ♦ Fair one ♦ Fair Plain ♦ Fair play ♦ fair price ♦ fair prices ♦ fair sex ♦ fair site ♦ fair to middling ♦ fair use ♦ fair vs foul ♦ fair weather ♦ fair wind ♦ Fancy fair ♦ foul vs fair ♦ From fair to middling ♦ fun fair ♦ give fair quarter ♦ give smb. a fair deal ♦ give smb. a fair hearing ♦ have a fair conceit of oneself ♦ in a fair way ♦ in fair condition ♦ industrial fair ♦ Interjection: all right! fair's fair ♦ it is not fair ♦ make a fair copy ♦ North Fair Oaks ♦ passing fair ♦ play fair ♦ public fair ♦ rag fair ♦ set fair ♦ skinned fair ♦ speak fair to ♦ stand a fair chance ♦ stand fair ♦ statute fair ♦ The fair ♦ the fair sex ♦ through fair and foul ♦ to be fair. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fair": fair-and-square, fair-browed, fair-coloured, fair-complexioned, fair-copy, fair-copying, fair-days, fair-deal, fair-dealer, fair-dealing, fair-dos, fair-faced, fair-goers, fair-ground, Fair-haired, fair-headed, fair-is-fair, Fair-isle, Fair-isles, Fair-leader, fair-maids, fair-maids-of-France, fair-market, fair-minded, fair-mindedness, Fair-natured, fair-plaited, fair-play, fair-rather, fair-red, fair-rent, fair-scene, fair-seeming, fair-share, fair-sized, fair-skinned, Fair-spoken, fair-to-lousy, fair-trade, fair-traded, fair-trading, fair-weather, fair-weather friend, fair-weather friends, Fair-weather sailor, Fair-world. | |
Ending with "fair": fun-fair. | |
Containing "fair": Gair-fair-n-indi. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
vanity fair | 2,837 | new york state fair | 492 |
del mar fair | 1,691 | fair lawn new jersey | 470 |
county diego fair san | 1,335 | my fair lady | 439 |
science fair project | 1,143 | fair meadowlands | 424 |
illinois state fair | 1,057 | fan fair | 420 |
fair | 1,049 | missouri state fair | 408 |
alameda county fair | 971 | science fair | 399 |
valley fair | 943 | county fair | 382 |
orange and county and fair | 938 | fair st louis | 375 |
minnesota state fair | 874 | san diego fair | 356 |
iowa state fair | 854 | indiana state fair | 345 |
job fair | 850 | rolling rock town fair | 342 |
vanity fair magazine | 771 | fair ohio state | 342 |
renaissance fair | 755 | cheap air fair | 336 |
fair labor standard act | 749 | california state fair | 307 |
westbury music fair | 719 | kentucky state fair | 300 |
fair state wisconsin | 700 | fair red river valley | 297 |
art fair | 618 | country fair oregon | 275 |
fair credit reporting act | 582 | vanity fair bra | 272 |
state fair | 494 | fair debt collection practice act | 258 |
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| Language | Translations for "fair"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | regverdig (just, righteous), mark (bazaar, market, marketplace), billik (just, righteous). (various references) | |
Albanian | i ndershëm (clean, clean-living, disinterested, fair and square, fair dealing, guileless, honest, honorable, honourable, incorrupt, on the level, scrupulous, sportsmanlike, stainless, straightforward, whole-souled), bukur (beautiful, beautifully, capitally, fine, handsome, lovely, nicely, prettily), drejt (aright, direct, directly, endlong, erect, flat, orderly, plump, right, rightly, smack, Square, straight, to, toward, towards), e bukur, ekspozitë (display, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, salon, sellout, show window), i çelët (light, pale), i dëlirë (candid, chaste, clean, Frank, innocent, pure), i drejtë (candid, correct, direct, disinterested, downright, equitable, erect, even, impartial, just, kosher, lank, regular, right, Square, stand up, straight, straightaway, true, upright, upstanding, virtuous, white), i favorshëm (advantageous, convenient, favorable, favourable, friendly, inclinable, merciful, opportune, propitious), bjond (blonde, fair haired, Goldilocks), i kthjellët (bright, clear, clear-sighted, cloudless, light, limpid, liquid, lucid, luminary, pellucid, perspicuous, sober, unclouded), zemërçelur (candid, ingenuous, open-hearted, sincere, unfeigned), i paanshëm (candid, dispassionate, equitable, even handed, impartial, indifferent, neuter, unbiased, unprejudiced), i pastër (absolute, chaste, childlike, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, dapper, innocent, neat, net, new, orderly, potty-trained, pure, refined, simon-pure, snug, spotless, sterling, tidy, trig, unadulterated, unblended, unimpeachable, unwritten, virgin, virginal, well groomed, white), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), jo i keq (not bad), panair (carnival, kermis), pazar (bargain, bazaar, market, marketplace, mart, rag fair), premtues (hopeful, likely, promising, promissory), shitje bamirësie (bazaar), i hapët (light, undisguised). (various references) | |
Arabic | وسيم (bonny, comeliness, comely, cunning, dainty, dapper, encore, good looking, goodly, handsome, pretty), بلطف (genially, gently, obligingly, pleasantly, softly, sweet, sweetly), أمين (faithful, honest, in his right mind, level, reasonable, straightforward), العادل (adjuster, equitable), جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, favor, favour, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet), صاف (bright, clear, fine, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, serene, sincere, stark, unclouded), عادل (amount, compensate, counteract, countervail, equal, equitable, even, even-minded, impartial, just, neutralize, noble-descent, offset, reasonable, right, rightful, set off, unbiased), سوق (carry, corner, drive, emporium, herd, market, mart, merchandise), سوق خيرية (bazaar, jumble), حسن المظهر (presentable, specious), بطريقة متفقة مع القواعد, وسط (amid, amidst, among, amongst, center, centre, endo-, john doe, mean, medium, middle, midst, milieu, navel, ordinary, umbilicus, waist), منصف (bisectrix, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, impartial, just, justiciary, right, rightful), قانوني (jural, jurist, juristic, lawful, legal, legist, legitimate, licit, rightful, statutory, valid), لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), نظيف (clean, cleanly, immaculate, neat, sanitary, spotless, spruce, stainless, taut, tidy), مبشر بالنجاح (favorable, favourable), مباشرة (direct, directly, directness, immediately, initiation, performance, practise, pursuit, straight, straightway), مؤات (advantageous, favorable, favourable, friendly, happy, kindly, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, ripe), معرض (bleak, exhibition, exposition, museum, show, showing), مقبول (acceptable, accepted, adequate, agreeable, approved of, fairly, fairly good, passable, reasonable, sanctioned, subscribed to, taken, tolerable), مقروء (legible, readable), واسع (ample, broad, capacious, colossal, extensive, far flung, generous, immense, large, mighty, oceanic, rich, spacious, wide, widish). (various references) | |
Basque | azoka. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нещо хубаво, доста добър (respectable, snug), изложение (aspect, exhibition, exposition, exposure, memorial, position, presentment, prospect, relation, representation, showing), панаир, попътен (favorable, favourable, following, large, prosperous, wayside), почтено (on the level, squarely, uprightly), правдолюбив (just), право (authorization, claim, clean, directly, due, flush, jurisprudence, jus, law, perquisite, place, pretension, right, slap, smack, spang, straight, straightway, upright), без грешки, безпристрастен (clinical, detached, dispassionate, equitable, even, even handed, immovable, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, judicial, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), добър (benign, good, good natured, kind, kindly, lucky, nice, plummy, pretty, round, savoury, sound, tenderhearted, useful, warmhearted, well), нещо честно, ясно (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, obviously, plain, precise, tersely), красив (beauteous, beautiful, good looking, goodly, handsome, personable, well favored, well-favoured), красавица (beauty, lovely), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), честен (above board, clean-fingered, downright, fair dealing, foursquare, honest, honorable, honourable, loyal, right, righteous, single, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, straightforward, truthful, upstanding, veracious, white, worthy), честно (above board, fair and square, fairly, faithfully, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, squarely, uprightly), хубав (beautiful, bonny, fine, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, jolly, neat, nice, nice-looking, personable, pretty, proper, rich, seemly, sightly, well favored, well-favoured), рус (blond, blonde, towheaded), справедлив (candid, equitable, even, even handed, just, lawful, legitimate, right, righteous), сносен (livable, liveable, passable, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, sufferable, tolerable), свеж (breezy, brisk, cool, crisp, dewy, fresh, refreshing, sweet, unhackneyed, unworn, verdant, vernal, warm, youthful), светъл (auspicious, bright, cheerful, cheery, clear, fair haired, fine, light, liquid, lucent, lucid, pale, relucent, rosy, unshadowed, vivid, white), многообещаващ (coming, hopeful, up and coming). (various references) | |
Catalan | ros (blond, fair-haired). (various references) | |
Chinese | 公平 (impartial). (various references) | |
Czech | fér (clean), plavovlasý, blond (blond, light), dobrý (all right, glad, good, sensible, soft, strong, useful), docela dobrý, hezký (attractive, considerable, fine, good, good looking, gorgeous, handsome, nice, nice-looking, personable, pretty), jasný (bright, broad, cheerful, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, fresh, live, lucid, overt, pellucid, plain, radiant, serene, sheeny, shinny, straight, sunny, unambiguous, unequivocal, vivid), krásný (beautiful, fine, good looking, neat), lunapark, příznivý (auspicious, beneficial, benign, favorable, favourable, hopeful, hospitable, promising, propitiatory, propitious, prosperous), bezúhonný (immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, untainted, upstanding), plavý (fawn, fawn coloured, straw-colored), znaèný (appreciable, considerable, extensive, handsome, sizable, some, substantial, substantive, tidy), poctivý (decent, honest, honorable, honourable, righteous, Square, straight, straightforward, upright, upstanding), pouť, slušný (becoming, civilized, clean, decent, equitable, good, polite, presentable, proper, reasonable, respectable, seemly, white), spravedlivý (due, equitable, even-minded, joust, just, justiciable, righteous, rightful), světlý, svìtlovlasý (fair haired), trh (market, mart), ucházející (decent, wearable), uspokojivý (satisfactory, satisfying), veletrh, přimìřený (adequate, appropriate, commensurate, proportional, suitable). (various references) | |
Danish | torv (bazaar, market, marketplace), retfærdig (just, righteous), blond (blond, fair-haired). (various references) | |
Dutch | marktplein (bazaar, market, marketplace), marktplaats (bazaar, market, marketplace), markt (bazaar, market, marketplace, sales activity), bazaar (bazaar, fancy fair, jumble-sale, market). (various references) | |
Esperanto | foiro (market), sufiĉe granda (tidy), kermeso, justa (just, righteous), blonda (blond), bazaro (bazaar, market). (various references) | |
Faeroese | vakur (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), rættvísur (just, righteous), marknaður (market, sales activity). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaalea (blond, bright, clear, fair-haired, light, pale), oikeudenmukainen (just, legitimate, righteous, rightful), markkinat (market, sales activity), kaunis (beautiful, fine, good-looking, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
French | foire, kermesse, juste (fair-minded), blond (fair haired, fair-haired), exposition, beau. (various references) | |
Frisian | moai (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
German | Messe (market, mass, mess), gerecht (equitable, equitably, fairly, just, justly, legitimate, righteous, rightful, squarely, upright), schön (absolute, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brightly, comely, easily, enjoyable, fine, finely, good enough, goodly, great, handsome, lovely, nice, nice-looking, nicely, precious, pretty, pulchritudinous, really, smoothly, splendid, well), blond (blond, blonde, fair haired, fair-haired, light), markt (bazaar, marker, market, market square, marketplace, mart, sales activity, trade), hübsch (beautiful, bonnie, bonny, comely, delightful, fine, handsome, lovely, neat, neatly, nice, nice-looking, nifty, pretty, tidy, trim), billig (cheap, cheaply, feeble, gimcrack, inexpensive, just, low, low-cost, meet, petty, proper, reasonable, righteous, shabby, tacky, tinny), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fitly, moderate, pertinent, proportionate, proportionately, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references) | |
Greek | έκθεση (account, composition, display, essay, exhibition, exhibition of, exposition, exposure, report, show, statement, thesis, version, write up), πανηγύρι (carnival, carnival 1, feast, festival, festivity, fete). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | pazar (bazaar, market, marketplace), bukur (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יפה (appropriately, beautiful, beautifully, comely, finely, good looking, handsome, lovely, nice, picturesque, pretty, right, well), יריד (market), כשר (fit, kosher, proper, right, worthy), הוגן (decent, equitable, reasonable, seemly, sporting, straight, suitable, upright), בינוני (average, intermediate, mean, medial, mediocre, medium, mid, middle, middling, moderate, par, run of the mill, second rate), בהיר (bright, clear, limpid, lucid, manifest, vivid), טוב למדי, טוב (good, goodness, kind, property, wealth, well), נוח (affable, calm, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, snug, soft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vásár (bazaar, market, mop fair, sale). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fallegur (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), fagur (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terbuka (available, in the open, opened), pameran (display, exhibition, exposition), laik (reasonable, suitable, worth), eksposisi (explanation, exposition), adil (equitable, honest, impartial, just, right). (various references) | |
Irish | fionn (blank, blond, white). (various references) | |
Italian | biondo (blond, blond colour, blonde, fair colour, fair-haired, golden, light), fiera (exhibition, fete), bello (beautiful, bonny, fine, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, kind, lovely, nice, pleasant, pretty, sheen, sightly, smart, well), bazar (bazaar, market). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 市 (market). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フェアー , フェア (fare, fear), そうとう (cleaning up, complete annihilation, double-headed, generalissimo, hitting upon, mopping up, president, proper, strife, struggle, suitable, sweeping or mopping up, sweeping up, thinking of, tolerable), きれい (beautiful, clean, nice, pretty, tidy), しとう (band, faction, fingertip, just, personal struggle, proper, struggle "to the death"), ひんぴょうかい (competitive show), ばく (command esteem, commanding esteem, doctor, exhibition, exposition, gain, gaining, Ph.D., receive, receiving, tapir, win acclaim, winning acclaim), せいろう (basket used for steaming food, brothel, clear, fine, government-labour, serene), かんこうば (bazaar), いち (location, market, one, place, position, situation), りょうしんてき (honest, upright), みめうるわしい (beautiful, good-looking), はくらんかい (exhibition, exposition), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to put on, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim), えんにち (temple festival). (various references) | |
Korean | 공정한 (Balanced, Equitable). (various references) | |
Malay | indah (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), cantik (beautiful, charming, fine, handsome, lovely), adil (just, righteous). (various references) | |
Manx | stoamey (curvaceous, dashing, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, large-breasted, personable, shapely, well-formed, well-formed person, well-proportioned), preaban (circus, demesne, fairground, hippodrome, patch, piece of land, plot), mie (favourable, good, goodly, goodness, moral, nice, pious, ready, virtue, virtuous), margey (emporium, market, mart, treaty), jonnick (correct, correct as behaviour), glen (chaste, clean, clear, clearcut, cloudless, downright, emphatic, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, nett, peremptory, pure, sheer, to a T, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled), dy corrym (adequately, equally, evenly, steadily), cossyllagh (passable, presentable, pretty well, so-so), cairagh (impartial, just, justifiable, proper), bane (blank, blond, blonde, pallid; fallow, unbroken, unbroken as ground, white), aalin (beautiful, handsome, splendid). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vakker (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), torg (bazaar, market), skjønn (beautiful, fine, handsome, judgement, lovely), pen (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), blond (blond, fair-haired). (various references) | |
Occitan | fièra. (various references) | |
Papiamen | marshe (market, marketplace), kiut (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), hustu (just, righteous), husto (just, righteous), bunita (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely, pretty), blònt (blond, fair-haired), bazar (bazaar, market). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | airfay.(various references) | |
Polish | sprawiedliwy (just, righteous), piękny (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), ładny (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely, pleasing, pretty). (various references) | |
Portuguese | justo (acceptable, adequate, clinging, close, correct, due, even, exact, fit, good, home, honest, just, justifiable, reasonable, righteous, rightful, right-minded, straight, striking, tight, true, uprightly), feira (bazaar, market, market-place), reto (direct, even, honest, impartial, just, recto, rectum, righteous, rightful, sincere, single-eyed, single-minded, square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, virtuous), mercado (bazaar, hall, market, marketplace, mart, sales activity, shopping mall), louro (bay, blond, fair-faced, fair-haired, laurel, poll). (various references) | |
Romanian | frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured). (various references) | |
Russian | белокурый (blond, blonde, fair-haired, fairhaires). (various references) | |
Scottish | fionn (the principal leader of the Fianns. See, white), féill (a fair, feast, festival, market, or -tean), briagha (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely, See <A HREF="mf01.html#brèagha">brèagha</A>), bàn (blank, blond, fair-haired, fair-haired : am bàn, pale, the untilled part, wan, white). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fer (white), vedar (cheerful, clear, cloudless, gamesome, light, lighthearted, merry, serene, unclouded), vašar (kermis, market, trade fair), sajam (kermis, trade fair, world's fair), pravičan (just, right, right-minded), pošteno (fairly, honestly, square, straight), pošten (bona fide, clean-handed, fair dealing, honest, square, straight, white-handed), plavokos (blond, fair haired, towheaded), lep (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, dreamy, fine, goodly, handsome, nice, pretty, scenic, scenical). (various references) | |
Spanish | rubio (blond, blonde, dusky, fair haired, fair-haired, light, yellow), verbena (festival, verbena, vervain), mercado (depot, fairing, market, market place, marketplace, mart, pit, sale, sales activity), justo (bang, correct, equitable, just, legitimate, plump, right, righteous, rightful, Square, that's right, true), feria (Bank holiday, carnival, Donnybrook, holifay, show), bazar (bazaar, market, variety store). (various references) | |
Sranan | moy (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
Swahili | soko (bazaar, market, marketplace). (various references) | |
Swedish | blond (blond, blonde, fair-haired), vacker (beautiful, comely, fine, handsome, lovely, pretty, sightly, sweet, tidy, winsome), skön (beautiful, comfortable, discretion, fine, funky, handsome, lovely, nice, pretty, voluptuous), marknad (market, market place, marketplace, outlet, sale, sales activity), mässa (chant, exhibition, intonate, intone, mass, service), ljus (blond, bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, fair-haired, gay, glim, light, lights, lightsome, lucid, luminary, luminous, pale), hygglig (decent, easy going, kind, respectable), fager (beauteous, fine, good looking, good-looking). (various references) | |
Tagalog | magandá (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
Thai | เท่าเทียม, เกี่ยวกับทัศนวิสัยที่ดี, ไม่มีตำหนิ, สีอ่อน, สวนสนุก, สวยงาม (exquisite, fine), สุภาพ (gallant, nice, slick), อย่างยุติธรรม (fairly, honestly, impartially, objectively, rightfully), ตรงเป้าหมาย, งานแสดงสินค้า, งานออกร้านขายสินค้า, ยุติธรรม (clean, equitable, even-handed, honest, impartial, just, rightful), ปานกลาง (average, middle, middling, moderate), ของสีผิวหรือสีผม, มากพอประมาณ. (various references) | |
Turkish | güzel (appealing, beauteous, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, Belle, bonny, comely, fine, goluptious, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, nifty, personable, pleasant, plummy, prettily, pretty, pulchritudinous, sapid, shapely, sightly, smart, swell, the beautiful, well, well favored, well-favoured, winsome). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ynsaply (conscientious, just), ugurdaю (favorable, parallel), adalatly (just). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ясно (brightly, clear, clearly, evidently, explicitly, finely, neatly, obviously, plain, roger, serenely), ярмарок (tryst), чесно (above board, fairly, faithfully, honestly, honorably, honourably, scrupulously, sincerely, Square, straight, uprightly), чесний (above board, bona fide, clean-fingered, clean-handed, conscientious, fair dealing, faithful, honest, honorable, honourable, scrupulous, sincere, single minded, stainless, straight, straightforward, upright, white-handed), точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, faithfully, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), незаплямований (immaculate, soilless, spotless, taintless), білявий (blonde, white-haired), досить добрий (fairly good). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không thiên vị (cross-bench, dispassionate, fair-minded, impartial, sober), đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, due, exact, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very), công bằng (equitable, even-handed, fairly, fair-minded, impartial, rightful), hợp lý (justifiable, sensible), hội chợ, khá lớn có vẻ đúng, khá tốt (goodish), đầy hứa hẹn; thuận lợi, không gian lận khá (fairly), trúng, lễ phép vào bản sạch, ngay thẳng (candid, fair-dealing, righteous, rightful, right-minded), phải (correct, dexter, off, right, rightly, serene, yes, yeses), tốt lịch sự, thông đồng bén giọt đẹp nhiều, thừa thãi (abounding, overabundant, profuse, teemful, teeming), thẳng thắn (downright, fair-dealing, fairly, forthright, frank, free-hearted, hunky, level, plain-spoken, sporting, sporty, square, straight), không gian lận đúng. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffair (exchange), teg (beautiful, fine), symol (middling), mirain (beautiful, comely), gwymp (fine), gweddol (fairly), glwys (holy), gla+n (beautiful, clean, holy), cain (elegant, fine), berthog (wealthy). (various references) | |
Yucatec | hats'uts (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely), chakxiich' (blond, fair-haired). (various references) | |
Zulu | -hle (beautiful, fine, good, handsome, lovely, nice, okay, pretty), -bukekayo (beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aequa, aequae, aeque, aequi, aequis, aequo, aequum, aequusque, formonsa, formonsus, forum, iusta, iustae, iustam, iustaque, iustas, iusti, iustior, iustiorem, iustis, iusto, iustorum, iustos, iustum, iustus, mediocris, mercatu, mercatus, pulcher pulchra pulchrum, sereno, serenum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | srîra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Apeplanhsen de auton pollh omilia brocoiV te toiV apo ceilewn exwkeilen auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | She grenede hym with manye woordis; and with flatering of lippis she fordroy hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Pinaagi sa iyang madanihon nga pakigpulong siya nakalukmay kaniya; Uban sa ulo-ulo sa iyang mga ngabil napugos siya sa pagnunot kaniya, |
| Chinese | 淫 婦 用 許 多 巧 言 誘 他 隨 從 、 用 諂 媚 的 嘴 逼 他 同 行 。 |
| Croatian | Tako ga zavede svojim viènim nagovorom, odvuèe ga svojim glatkim usnama. |
| Danish | Hun lokked ham med mange fagre Ord, forførte ham med sleske Læber; |
| Dutch | Zij bewoog hem door de veelheid van haar onderricht, zij dreef hem aan door het gevlei harer lippen. |
| Finnish | Hän taivutti hänet paljolla houkuttelullaan, vietteli liukkailla huulillansa: |
| French | Elle le séduisit à force de paroles, Elle l`entraîna par ses lèvres doucereuses. |
| German | Sie überredete ihn mit vielen Worten und gewann ihn mit ihrem glatten Munde. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Demikianlah wanita itu merayu pemuda itu dengan bujukan-bujukan yang memikat sehingga tergodalah ia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikian dibujuknya akan dia dengan pelbagai tipunya, dan diajaknya dengan perkataan mulutnya yang manis-manis. |
| Italian | Lo lusinga con tante moine, lo seduce con labbra lascive; |
| Maori | He maha no ana korero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tana; na te whakapati a ona ngutu ka kumea atu ia e ia. |
| Norwegian | Hun fikk lokket ham ved sin sterke overtalelse, ved sine glatte leber forførte hun ham. |
| Portuguese | Ela o faz ceder com a multidão das suas palavras sedutoras, com as lisonjas dos seus lábios o arrasta. |
| Rumanian | Tot vorbindu -i, ea l -a ademenit, wi l -a atras cu buzele ei ademenitoare. |
| Russian | нОПЦЕУФЧПН МБУЛПЧЩИ УМПЧ ПОБ ХЧМЕЛМБ ЕЗП, НСЗЛПУФША ХУФ УЧПЙИ ПЧМБДЕМБ ЙН. |
| Swedish | Så förleder hon honom med allahanda fagert tal; genom sina läppars halhet förför hon honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fair": faired, fairer, fairest, fairground, fairgrounds, fairies, fairing, fairings, fairish, fairishly, fairlead, fairleader, fairleaders, fairleads, fairly, fairness, fairnesses, fairs, fairway, fairways, fairy, fairyism, fairyisms, fairyland, fairylands, fairylike. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fair": affair, funfair, unfair. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fair": affaire, affaires, affairs, funfairs, unfairer, unfairest, unfairly, unfairness, unfairnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fair" (pronounced fe"r) |
| 3 | f e" r | affair, fare, fer, unfair. |
| 2 | -e" r | air, aware, bare, bear, beware, billionaire, blare, care, chair, compare, concessionaire, dare, debonair, declare, despair, disrepair, doctrinaire, ensnare, err, Eyre, flair, flare, forswear, glare, hair, hare, heir, impair, lair, Lehr, Mair, mare, midair, millionaire, multimillionaire, pair, pare, pear, prayer, prepare, questionnaire, rare, repair, scare, share, snare, solitaire, spare, Square, stair, stare, swear, tear, their, there, unaware, ware, wear, where. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fiar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-r" | |
-1 letter: air, arf, far, fir, ria, rif. | |
-2 letters: ai, ar, fa, if. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-r" | |
+1 letter: afire, afrit, fairs, fairy, fakir, faqir, farci, feria, fiars, filar, flair, frail, friar, infra, kafir. | |
+2 letters: adrift, aerify, affair, affirm, afraid, afrits, fabric, faerie, fainer, faired, fairer, fairly, fakirs, faqirs, faquir, farcie, farina, faring, feriae, ferial, ferias, fiacre, firman, flairs, foliar, fracti, frails, fraise, frazil, friars, friary, infare, kaffir, kafirs, maftir, raffia, ramify, rarify, ratify, safari, sharif, tariff, unfair, zaffir. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Abbreviations | 25. Acronyms 26. Derivations 27. Rhymes 28. Anagrams | 29. Bibliography |
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