Definition of "fair" in İngilizce

adjective

1. (original sense, archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

   • Monday's child is fair of face.
   • There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.

2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

   • one's fair name
   • After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, London, Observation 21, “Of Moss, and several other small vegetative Substances,” p. 135, […] I have observ’d, that putting fair Water (whether Rain-water or Pump-water, or May-dew, or Snow-water, it was almost all one) I have often observ’d, I say, that this Water would, with a little standing, tarnish and cover all about the sides of the Glass that lay under water, with a lovely green […]

3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

   • She had fair hair and blue eyes.

4. Just.

   • He must be given a fair trial.

5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

   • Their performance has been only fair.
   • The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.

6. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.

7. Favorable, pleasant.

   • The weather was fair today.

8. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

9. (baseball) Between the baselines.

10. (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.

11. (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.

12. (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.

    • A fair coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads.

noun

1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).

   • When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?

2. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.

3. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.

4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.

5. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.