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Fair Adjective Opposite Play  /Feə(R)   Fairer Fairest Makul

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Kind adjective
Front fair 
IPA  /feə(r)   / adjective (fairer; fairest)
Back makul, yerinde, doğru
hakça adil
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fair (adjective)

 /feə(r)   / adjective (fairer; fairest)
 
 1 appropriate and acceptable in a particular situation
makul, yerinde, doğru
 That's a fair price for that house.
 I think it's fair to say that the number of homeless people is increasing.
OPPOSITE UNFAIR
 2 fair (to/on sb)
treating each person or side equally, according to the law, the rules, etc.
hakça, adil;
kurallara uygun
 That's not fair (haksızlık bu) – he got the same number of mistakes as I did and he's got a better mark.
 It wasn't fair (haksızlıktı) on her to ask her to stay so late.
 a fair trial
 You must play fair in all team games.
OPPOSITE UNFAIR
 3 quite good, large, etc.
oldukça büyük
 They have a fair chance of success.
 It is a fair-sized house.
 4 (used about the skin or hair) light in colour
 (ten, saç) açık renkli
 Chloe has fair hair and blue eyes.
OPPOSITE DARK1 (3)
 look at SKIN1 (2)
 5 (used about the weather) good, without rain
 (hava) açık
 a fair and breezy autumn day
IDIOMS
fair enough
(spoken)
used to show that you agree with what sb has suggested
pekâlâ, tamam
 ‘I'd rather go on Sunday, if that's all right with you.’ ‘Fair enough, Sunday is fine.’
fair play
equal treatment of both/all sides according to the rules
eşit davranış, tarafsızlık;
dürüst oyun
 The referee is there to ensure fair play during the match.
(more than) your fair share of sth
(more than) the usual or expected amount of sth
her zamankinden daha fazla
 We've had more than our fair share of trouble this year.
 

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