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Fun Fʌn Adjective Bre She's Game Lots Things

Word fun
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / fʌn / NAmE / fʌn /
Example
  • she's really fun to be with.
  • this game looks fun!
  • there are lots of fun things for young people to do here.
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fun

(adjective)BrE / fʌn / NAmE / fʌn /
  1. amusing or enjoyable
    • She's really fun to be with.
    • This game looks fun!
    • There are lots of fun things for young people to do here.

    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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