/feə/
Translation
Treating everyone in the same, right way, without favouring anyone.
Word origin
From Old English faeger, meaning pleasing, beautiful, or just.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- faeger
Examples
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"Fair" means she treats everyone in the same, right way.
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Here "fair" means right and just for everyone.
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Here "fair" means everyone got an equal, right share.
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(1)Grammar articles
(6)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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