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[fair] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, noun, verb

–adjective

1.	free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.

2.	legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight.

3.	moderately large; ample: a fair income.

4.	neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good: fair health.

5.	marked by favoring conditions; likely; promising: in a fair way to succeed.

Meteorology.

a.	(of the sky) bright; sunny; cloudless to half-cloudy.

b.	(of the weather) fine; with no prospect of rain, snow, or hail; not stormy.

7.	Nautical. (of a wind or tide) tending to aid the progress of a vessel.

8.	unobstructed; not blocked up: The way was fair for our advance.

9.	without irregularity or unevenness: a fair surface.

10.	free from blemish, imperfection, or anything that impairs the appearance, quality, or character: Her fair reputation was ruined by gossip.

11.	easy to read; clear: fair handwriting.

12.	of a light hue; not dark: fair skin.

13.	pleasing in appearance; attractive: a fair young maiden.

14.	seemingly good or sincere but not really so: The suitor beguiled his mistress with fair speeches.

15.	courteous; civil: fair words.

16.	Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having stable and normal vital signs and other favorable indicators, as appetite and mobility, but being in some discomfort and having the possibility of a worsening state.

17.	Dialect. scarcely; barely: It was just fair daylight when we started working.

–adverb

18.	in a fair manner: He doesn't play fair.

19.	straight; directly, as in aiming or hitting: He threw the ball fair to the goal.

20.	favorably; auspiciously.

21.	British, Australian. entirely; completely; quite: It happened so quickly that it fair took my breath away.

–noun

22.	Archaic. something that is fair.

23.

Archaic.

a woman.

b.	a beloved woman.

–verb (used with object)

24.	to make the connection or junction of (surfaces) smooth and even.

25.

Shipbuilding.

a.	to draw and adjust (the lines of a hull being designed) to produce regular surfaces of the correct form.

b.	to adjust the form of (a frame or templet) in accordance with a design, or cause it to conform to the general form of a hull.

c.	to restore (a bent plate or structural member) to its original form.

d.	to align (the frames of a vessel under construction) in proper position.

26.	to bring (rivet holes in connecting structural members) into perfect alignment.

27.	Obsolete. to make fair.

—Verb phrase

28.	fair off or up, South Midland and Southern U.S. (of the weather) to clear: It's supposed to fair off toward evening.

—Idioms

29.	bid fair, to seem likely: This entry bids fair to win first prize.

30.

fair and square,

a.	honestly; justly; straightforwardly: He won the race fair and square.

b.	honest; just; straightforward: He was admired for being fair and square in all his dealings.

31.	fair to middling, Informal. only tolerably good; so-so.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE fæger; c. OS, OHG fagar, ON fagr, Goth fagrs

]

—Related forms

fairness, noun

—Synonyms 1. Fair, impartial, disinterested, unprejudiced refer to lack of bias in opinions, judgments, etc. Fair implies the treating of all sides alike, justly and equitably: a fair compromise. Impartial, like fair, implies showing no more favor to one side than another, but suggests particularly a judicial consideration of a case: an impartial judge. Disinterested implies a fairness arising particularly from lack of desire to obtain a selfish advantage: The motives of her guardian were entirely disinterested. Unprejudiced means not influenced or swayed by bias, or by prejudice caused by irrelevant considerations: an unprejudiced decision. 4. passable, tolerable, average, middling. 8. open, clear, unencumbered. 10. clean, spotless, pure, untarnished, unsullied, unstained. 11. legible, distinct. 12. blond, pale. 13. pretty, comely, lovely. 15. polite, gracious.

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fair
adjective
1.	free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" [ant: unfair]
2.	not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
3.	very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn: bonny]
4.	(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag" [ant: foul]
5.	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" [syn: average]
6.	attractively feminine; "the fair sex"
7.	(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: clean]
8.	gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny" [syn: honest]
9.	free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
10.	(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
adverb
1.	in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly] [ant: below the belt]
2.	without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another" [syn: fairly]
noun
1.	a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. [syn: carnival]
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" [syn: bazaar]
verb
1.	join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly