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fair noun
/feər /
/fer/ n [C] Definition
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a large public event where goods are bought and sold, usually from tables which have been specially arranged for the event, and where there is often entertainmentI bought a wooden salad bowl at the local craft fair.
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(UK also funfair , US also carnival) an outside event where you can ride large machines for pleasure and play games to win prizes•
a large show at which people who work in a particular industry meet, and sell and advertise their productsa book/antiques/toy fair
a trade fair
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a public event in the countryside where farm animals and farm products are solda cattle/agricultural fair
US a county/state fair
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mainly US for fête (EVENT) (Definition of fair noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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