fair
/feər/ adjectiveDefinition
EQUAL › treating everyone in the same way, so that no one has an advantage: a fair trial That's not fair. You always go first!
RIGHT › acceptable or right: a fair deal We'd like to move abroad, but it's just not fair on the children. → Opposite unfair
HAIR/SKIN › having pale skin or a light colour of hair: a boy with fair hair and blue eyes → Opposite dark adjective (NOT PALE)
a fair amount/distance/size, etc › quite a large amount, distance, size, etc: There's still a fair bit of work to be done on the house.
WEATHER › sunny and not raining: Tomorrow will be fair, with some early morning frost.
AVERAGE › not very good but not very bad: He has a fair chance of winning.
fair enough UK informal › used to say that you agree, or think that something is acceptable: "He'll only work on Sunday if he gets paid extra." "Fair enough." → See also fair play → See also have your (fair) share of sth
(Definition of fair adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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