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fair

 
 
/feər/ adjective

Translation

EQUAL treating everyone in the same way, so that no one has an advantage
âdil, hakkaniyetli, kurallara uygun, adilane, dürüstçe
a fair trial That's not fair. You always go first!1908
RIGHT acceptable or right
doğru kabuledilebilir
a fair deal We'd like to move abroad, but it's just not fair on the children. → Opposite unfair1908
HAIR/SKIN having pale skin or a light colour of hair
solgun; açık renk saçlı, açık renkli
a boy with fair hair and blue eyes → Opposite dark adjective (NOT PALE)5582098
a fair amount/distance/size, etc quite a large amount, distance, size, etc
oldukça büyük miktar/mesafe/ebat/ölçü vb.; epeyce
There's still a fair bit of work to be done on the house.1797
WEATHER sunny and not raining
(hava) açık, güzel, yağmursuz
Tomorrow will be fair, with some early morning frost.1520
AVERAGE not very good but not very bad
makul, ne iyi ne kötü
He has a fair chance of winning.957
fair enough UK informal used to say that you agree, or think that something is acceptable
Tamam!, Pekâlâ!, Anlaşıldı!
"He'll only work on Sunday if he gets paid extra." "Fair enough." → See also fair play → See also have your (fair) share of sth1183
(Definition of fair adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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