Betekenis van fair In het Nederlands

• 0 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:

  • a fair trial

  • Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!

  • It's not fair on Joe (= it is not right) to make him do all the work!

  • It's not fair that she's allowed to go and I'm not!

  • It's not fair to blame me for everything!

  • She's scrupulously fair with all her employees (= she treats them all equally).

  • UK She claims her article was a fair comment on (= a reasonable thing to say about) a matter of public interest.

  • He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a fair (= reasonable) deal.

  • I thought it was a fair price that she was offering.

  • I'm willing to do my fair (= equal) share of the work.

  • All the workers want is a fair wage for the work that they do.

  • It was a fair fight.

  • I think it's only fair to tell you that we have had over 300 applications for this job.

  • I think it's fair to say (that) you've done less of the work than I have.

  • He's done the job badly but, to be fair, I gave him very little time to do it.

  • "I'm just annoyed with him because he's behaved so badly." "Fair enough."

  • Come on, it's my turn. Fair's fair!

  • He didn't think that he got a fair hearing in court.

  • We won the match fair and square.

  • He hit me fair and square on the nose.

• 1 (of skin) pale, or (of hair) pale yellow or gold:

  • She's got fair hair and blue eyes.

  • a fair complexion

  • My sister has dark hair but my brother's fair (= he has fair hair).

  • He's fair-haired.

  • All my family are fair-skinned.

• 2 quite large:

  • We've had a fair amount of rain this week.

  • We've had a fair number of applicants.

  • It's a fair-sized garden.

  • We've come a long way, but there's still a fair way (= quite a long distance) to go.

• 3 neither very good nor very bad:

  • Films are rated on a scale of poor, fair, good and excellent.

  • I was fair at science but it was never my thing.

• 4 (of an idea, guess, or chance) good, but not excellent:

  • I think I've got a fair idea of (= I understand reasonably well) what you want.

  • She's got a fair chance of winning (= there is a reasonable chance that she will win).

• 5 (of weather) pleasant and dry:

  • Fair weather was forecast for the following day.

• 6 (of a woman) beautiful:

  • a fair maiden

• 7 a large public event where goods are bought and sold, usually from tables that have been specially arranged for the event, and where there is often entertainment:

  • I bought a wooden salad bowl at the local craft fair.

  • a book/antiques/toy fair

  • a trade fair

  • US a county/state fair

  • UK a cattle/agricultural fair

  • the school fair

• 8 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:

  • All he asks is a fair chance to prove his innocence.

  • I’m willing to do my fair share of the work (= equal part).

  • It was a fair fight.

  • The umpire ruled it a fair ball.

• 9 neither very good nor very bad:

  • He’s good in physics but only fair in math.

• 10 large or great in comparison:

  • We still had a fair amount of foreign money when we returned.

• 11 likely to be correct; accurate:

  • The architect’s drawing will give you a pretty fair idea of what the completed house will look like.

• 12 (of weather) pleasant and dry

• 13 (of skin) pale, or (of hair) light in color:

  • If you have fair skin, you’ll get a sunburn easily.

• 14 a public event, usually held outside, where goods and sometimes farm animals are shown and sold and where there is often food and entertainment

  • a book/antiques/toy fair

• 15 treating people equally and in a way that is right and reasonable:

  • It's the government's job to make sure that the tax system is fair and equitable.

  • be fair on sb The new regulations are not fair on working parents.

  • Everyone has the right to a fair trial.

  • Corporations must pay their fair share of the cost of the construction work.

• 16 a fair price, wage, rent, etc. is not too high or too low:

  • All we're asking for is a fair wage.

  • Local growers must be given a fair price for their produce.

• 17 a large event at which manufacturers, business people, and individuals advertise and sometimes sell their products and services:

  • The Battersea Contemporary Art Fair is one of the largest in the UK.