Collocations for "fair"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fair" in context.
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fair
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a job, an employment] fair
- [picked up contacts, clinched a deal] at the [job] fair
- a [state, county] fair
- are going to the fair
- buy tickets to the fair
- [ride, go on] the rides at the fair
- play the games at the fair
- won a prize at the fair
- [runs, has, works on] a stall at the fair
- the [thrill, excitement, aromas] of the fair
- all the fun of the fair
- [ride, go on] the fair rides
- eat fair food
- win fair prizes
- fair [hair, skin]
- a fair [day, sky, morning]
- a fair [demeanor, look, face]
- a fair [trial, ruling, hearing, judge, election
- a fair [referee, game, fight]
- [his trial, the referee] was fair
- fair [income, grades, wages, pay]
- a fair opportunity to [win, succeed]
- it's not fair that you [get, can, are]
- is [strict, tough, challenging, firm] but fair
- well, (I guess that's) fair enough
- life's not always fair
- fair and square in his [dealings, decisions, opinions]
- a fair chance of [rain, disaster]
- fair to [poor, good, middling]
- a fair [amount, number, quantity] of
- a fair few [people, workers, fans, candidates]
- they won fair and square
- the [opposition, team, fighter] doesn't play fair
'fair' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- Spanish
- Sunday
- argue
- assessment
- attraction
- audience
- basket
- bean
- book
- buddy
- career
- clip
- comparison
- comprehension
- craft
- curly
- deal
- demand
- deserve
- distribution
- drizzle
- election
- employer
- employment
- ending
- endure
- enjoyable
- enjoyment
- entice
- entitlement
- evaluation
- exchange
- expectation
- explanation
- faint
- feature
- few
- flaw
- floss
- graduate
- hearing
- just
- likelihood
- literacy
- local
- maiden
- marketing
- math
- not