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- [fair]
- /fɛər/
- /feər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fair]
- /fɛər/
Definitions of fairer word
- adjective fairer free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 1
- adjective fairer legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight. 1
- adjective fairer moderately large; ample: a fair income. 1
- adjective fairer neither excellent nor poor; moderately or tolerably good: fair health. 1
- adjective fairer marked by favoring conditions; likely; promising: in a fair way to succeed. 1
- adjective fairer Meteorology. (of the sky) bright; sunny; cloudless to half-cloudy. (of the weather) fine; with no prospect of rain, snow, or hail; not stormy. 1
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Origin of fairer
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English fæger; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German fagar, Old Norse fagr, Gothic fagrs
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Parts of speech for Fairer
noun
adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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fairer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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