Sekirov Dictionary

fare

UK /ˈfɛə/US /ˈfɛɚ/

noun 6
verb 5
forms 5
phrases 2

noun6

a price paid for a ticket to travel by bus, train or plane
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Food and drink.
- “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.” — 1918
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Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
- The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
- Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.
A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
(UK, slang) A prostitute's client.
(no longer used) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.

verb5

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To experience luck, fortune or treatment (of a certain kind).
- She fared badly in the accident.
- Did you fare well in the exam?
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To proceed or progress (in a certain way).
- We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
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To happen or occur (in a certain way).
- We shall see how it fares with him.
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(no longer used) To go; to travel.
- Behold! A knight fares forth.
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(no longer used) To eat; to dine.
- There was a certain rich man which […] fared sumptuously every day. — 1611

forms

fared · faring · fares · fareth · farest

Phrases with fare

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