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fun(noun)/fʌn/ /fʌn/- the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy
- We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party.
- Sailing is good fun.
- It was great fun! You should have come too.
- That was the most fun I have had in years.
- Have fun! (= Enjoy yourself)
- ‘What fun!’ she said with a laugh.
- We won't let a bit of rain spoil our fun.
- I decided to learn Spanish, just for fun.
- I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it.
- It's not much fun going to a party on your own.
- It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
- Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun.
- The whole family can join in the fun at Water World.
- ‘What do you say to a weekend in New York?’ ‘Sounds like fun.’
Extra Examples- I write for fun, not because I expect to make money.
- It was just plain fun.
- Must you take all the fun out of everything?
- She organized an annual fun day for local children.
- That's when the real fun started!
- The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
- They took up motor racing just for the fun of it, rather than to win anything.
- You're missing all the fun!
- Some of the tourist entertainments may seem tacky, but they're all good, clean fun.
- behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed
- She's very lively and full of fun.
- We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
- You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher.
- It wasn't serious—it was all done in fun.
- to be/become somebody that other people laugh at
- activities that are not serious and that other people may think are bad
- Teaching isn't all fun and games, you know.
- to laugh at somebody/something or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way
- It's cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
- to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them
- Her novels poke fun at the upper class.
- She’s always poking fun at herself.
Word Origin- late 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with fond.
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