📖 F — The English dictionary · page 3

fair — Everyday, meaning 1: Fair means equal and right for everyone, following the rules.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fair is a big outdoor event with rides, games, animals and food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fair hair or skin is light in colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Fair weather is fine and dry.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Fair can mean quite good but not great.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Fair can also mean beautiful, used in old stories and poems.↗ Example: Tickets to the fair cost $6.↗ · He rode 4 rides at the fair.↗ · Is it fair if Tom gets 5 and Ann gets 3?↗ · They split the candy in a fair way.↗ · We had a fair test for our plants.↗ · She has fair hair and blue eyes.↗ · Our class went to the book fair.↗ · Play fair and take turns.↗ · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.↗ · And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.39.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.29.17, JPS 1917)↗ · that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.↗ (Torah GEN.6.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.↗ (Writings SNG.2.13, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?↗ (Writings SNG.6.1, JPS 1917)↗ · How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!↗ (Writings SNG.7.7, JPS 1917)↗

fairground — Everyday, meaning 1: A fairground is an open area where a fair is held, with rides, games, stalls and food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective-like word, fairground describes things from a fair, as in «fairground rides».↗ Example: We went on the dodgems at the fairground.↗ · The fairground lights glowed at night.↗ · Hold Dad's hand so you don't get lost in the fairground.↗ · The fairground was packed with families.↗ · I won a teddy on a fairground game.↗ · A big wheel stood in the middle of the fairground.↗

fairly — Everyday, meaning 1: Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fairly can also mean quite or rather, but not very.↗ Example: Share 20 stickers fairly between 4 children.↗ · The cake was cut fairly into 8 pieces.↗ · It was a fairly long walk.↗ · How many does each get if shared fairly?↗ · The teacher treats everyone fairly.↗ · The test was fairly easy.↗ · It is fairly cold today.↗ · This he did very fairly, giving each an equal share.↗ · Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.]↗ Like what did He make them?↗ (A city) [strife].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

fairness — Everyday, meaning 1: Fairness means treating people equally and justly, following the rules, and not cheating or favouring anyone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fairness can mean having a pale skin or light hair (old use).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Fairness can also mean great beauty (old use).↗ Example: The teacher's fairness made everyone trust her.↗ · In fairness, he did try his best.↗ · Taking turns is about fairness.↗ · Fairness means the same rules for everyone.↗ · We shared the 12 sweets with fairness: 4 each for 3 friends.↗ · A good referee shows fairness to both teams.↗ · Anyone who picked an apple gained admittance into the golden castle, and there in a silver room sat an enchanted Princess of surpassing fairness and beauty.↗

fairy — Everyday, meaning 1: A fairy is a tiny magic person with wings in stories.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fairy lights are small electric lights on a string, used for decoration.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fairy tale is a magic story for children.↗ Example: There are 7 fairies in the garden.↗ · Each fairy has 2 wings.↗ · The fairy gave 3 wishes to each child.↗ · How many wings do 5 fairies have?↗ · The tooth fairy left a coin under my pillow.↗ · Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach.↗ · We hung fairy lights around the window.↗ · We baked fairy cakes for the school fair.↗ · The Fairy then said to Cinderilla:↗

fairyland — Everyday, meaning 1: The magical, imaginary land where fairies live in stories.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place so beautiful, sparkling or magical that it seems unreal.↗ Example: In the old story, the girl was carried off to fairyland.↗ · The garden with all its lanterns looked like fairyland.↗ · The snowy forest was a fairyland of white.↗ · Alice felt she was living in a kind of fairyland.↗ · The town square becomes a fairyland at Christmas.↗ · My little brother thinks the bottom of the garden is fairyland.↗ · He felt as if they were now about to enter fairyland, though everything was still real.↗

faith — Everyday, meaning 1: Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A faith is a religion, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Faith is belief in God or gods.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Faith can also be an old exclamation meaning "indeed".↗ Example: I have faith in my team; we can win.↗ · People of many faiths live in our town.↗ · Don't lose faith; keep practising.↗ · The class learned about the Sikh faith.↗ · She did it in good faith, meaning to help.↗ · His faith is very important to him.↗ · Dad has a lot of faith in his old car.↗ · "Faith, you've been quicker than we have."↗ · Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.31.16, JPS 1917)↗ · The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendor of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendour of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · If ye will not have faith, surely ye shall not be established.'↗ (Prophets ISA.7.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.↗ (Prophets HAB.2.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'↗ (Writings NEH.13.27, JPS 1917)↗

faithful — Everyday, meaning 1: Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) Faithful means firmly believing in God and keeping your faith; "the faithful" are the believers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Faithful means exact and true to the original.↗ e.g. "a faithful copy".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A faithful husband or wife is loyal to their partner and does not love someone else.↗ Example: The faithful dog waited every day at the station.↗ · Grandad was a faithful supporter of his football club for life.↗ · "O come, all ye faithful," sang the choir.↗ · The faithful filled the church for Easter.↗ · Her drawing was a faithful copy of the painting.↗ · Ruth stayed faithful to Naomi and went with her.↗ · Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; (Torah DEU.7.9, JPS 1917)↗ · A sight for faithful witnesses to speak—World, Year, Person.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · See now, of these words, the faithful witnesses are the Universe, the Year and Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · How is the faithful city become a harlot!↗ (Prophets ISA.1.21, JPS 1917)↗ · A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.↗ (Writings PRO.13.17, JPS 1917)↗ · All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me for nought; help Thou me.↗ (Writings PSA.119.86, JPS 1917)↗

faithfully — Everyday, meaning 1: Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Faithfully means exactly and carefully, without changes: «copied faithfully».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, Ireland, Australia) «Yours faithfully» is the polite way to end a formal letter when you begin with «Dear Sir or Madam».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) Faithfully also means with religious faith and devotion.↗ Example: The dog waited faithfully at the door every evening.↗ · He promised faithfully to return the book.↗ · She copied the drawing faithfully, line by line.↗ · The old gardener served the family faithfully.↗ · End your letter to «Dear Sir or Madam» with «Yours faithfully».↗ · She went to church faithfully every Sunday.↗ · This promise he has faithfully kept.↗ · In proof of these things, and witnessing faithfully are the Universe, the Year of time, and Man himself, the Microcosm.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.↗ (Writings PRO.29.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.↗ (Prophets 2KI.22.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And he charged them, saying: 'Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a whole heart.↗ (Writings 2CH.19.9, JPS 1917)↗

faithfulness — Everyday, meaning 1: Being loyal and true to someone, keeping your promises.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church, Bible) God's faithfulness means God keeps his promises and never leaves his people; Christians try to show faithfulness to God.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Staying true to a partner in marriage.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Being exact and accurate: «faithfulness to the original book».↗ Example: The dog's faithfulness touched everyone.↗ · Ruth showed faithfulness to Naomi.↗ · The hymn «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» praises God.↗ · Faithfulness means keeping your promises.↗ · The film was praised for its faithfulness to the book.↗ · Married people promise faithfulness to each other.↗ · Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty.↗ · The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.↗ (Torah DEU.32.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.↗ (Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.89.9, JPS 1917)↗ · They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.↗ (Writings LAM.3.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.↗ (Writings PSA.119.138, JPS 1917)↗

faithless — Everyday, meaning 1: Faithless means not loyal, breaking a promise or failing to keep a friend true.↗ Example: The faithless knight broke his oath.↗ · Do not trust a faithless friend.↗ · She was faithless to her promise.↗ · Good understanding giveth grace; but the way of the faithless is harsh.↗ (Writings PRO.13.15, JPS 1917)↗ · She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.↗ (Writings PRO.23.28, JPS 1917)↗ · I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.158, JPS 1917)↗

faithlessness — Everyday, meaning 1: Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise.↗ Example: He was punished for his faithlessness.↗ · Her faithlessness hurt her friends.↗ · Faithlessness can break a family's trust.↗ · And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?↗ (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917)↗ · Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity; and I sat appalled until the evening offering.↗ (Writings EZR.9.4, JPS 1917)↗

fake — Everyday, meaning 1: Fake means not real, made to look like something else, often to trick people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fake is a copy made to trick people, like a fake painting or fake money.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To fake something is to make a copy to trick people, or to pretend to have a feeling or illness.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fake person pretends to be something they are not.↗ Example: That's not a real diamond; it's fake.↗ · Don't trust fake news.↗ · The painting turned out to be a fake.↗ · He faked a cough to stay home.↗ · The plant on the shelf is fake.↗ · Watch out for fake messages asking for your password.↗ · Her smile looked fake.↗

falcon — Everyday, meaning 1: A falcon is a fast bird of prey with long pointed wings and a hooked beak that catches other birds and small animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth when it dives through the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In folk tales, a falcon can be an enchanted person who changes shape.↗ Example: The peregrine falcon dived at amazing speed.↗ · Falcons have sharp talons to catch their prey.↗ · A falcon nests on the tower of our cathedral.↗ · In the Middle Ages, nobles hunted with trained falcons.↗ · The falcon hovered and then swooped down.↗ · Falcons can see a mouse from high in the sky.↗ · We watched the falcon show at the castle.↗ · The Falcon smote upon the ground, became a brave youth, and said:↗ · and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.13, JPS 1917)↗ · That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it; (Writings JOB.28.7, JPS 1917)↗

falconer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who keeps, trains and flies falcons, hawks or other birds of prey, especially to hunt or for displays.↗ Example: The falconer wore a thick leather glove.↗ · At the show, a falconer flew an owl over our heads.↗ · The falconer called the hawk back with a whistle.↗ · Medieval kings kept falconers at their castles.↗ · Some airports hire a falconer to scare birds away.↗ · The falconer fed the falcon a piece of meat as a reward.↗ · The huntsmen blew their horns, the falconers took their hawks on their wrists, and off they all set out across country till they came to a green hedge.↗