📒 acceptable and appropriate in a particular situation
- a fair deal/wage/price
- The punishment was very fair.
- In the end, a draw was a fair result.
📒 treating everyone equally and according to the rules or law
- She has always been scrupulously fair.
- They are fair and decent employers.
- demands for a fairer distribution of wealth
📒 pale in colour
- a fair complexion
- Kate had dark hair and fair skin.
- She has long fair hair.
📒 quite large in number, size or amount
- A fair number of people came along.
- There's been a fair amount of research on this topic.
- a fair-sized town
📒 quite good
- There's a fair chance that we might win this time.
- It's a fair bet that they won't turn up.
- I have a fair idea of what happened.
📒 bright and not raining
- It was a fair and breezy day.
- The day was set fair with the spring sun shining down.
📒 not too strong and blowing in the right direction
- They set sail with the first fair wind.
📒 beautiful
📒 in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want
📒 used to tell somebody to be reasonable in their judgement of somebody/something
- Be fair! She didn't know you were coming.
📒 using dishonest methods if honest ones do not work
- She’s determined to win, by fair means or foul.
📒 a reasonable opportunity to show that you can do something
- I felt we weren't given a fair crack of the whip.
📒 used to say that an idea or suggestion seems reasonable
- ‘We'll meet at 8.’ ‘Fair enough.’
- If you don't want to come, fair enough, but let Bill know.
📒 a fairly large number
- I've been there a fair few times.
📒 used to ask somebody to be reasonable
- I just wanted to say, ‘Hey mate, fair go!’
📒 (to allow somebody) the opportunity to give their opinion of something before deciding if they have done something wrong, often in court
- I'll see that you get a fair hearing.
📒 used to ask for fair treatment or to claim that a situation is fair
- Fair's fair—we were here first.
- Fair's fair—you can't expect them to cancel everything just because you can't make it.
- Come on, fair's fair—you’ve had your chance, now let me try.
📒 (to give somebody/get) fair treatment that gives you the same chance as somebody else
- Are minority students getting a fair shake at college?
- We need a government that cares about equity and a fair go for all.
📒 (more than) an amount of something that is considered to be reasonable or acceptable
- He has more than his fair share of problems.
- I've had my fair share of success in the past.
📒 not particularly good or bad
- ‘How are you feeling today?’ ‘Oh, fair to middling.’
📒 used by somebody who is caught doing something wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong