fairs
- 1Plural of fair.
Country fairs across the region draw thousands of visitors each fall.
Several job fairs were scheduled at the convention center this month.
Note
Most plurals in everyday use count gatherings: country fairs, job fairs, the community events that celebrate and exhibit local achievement. The older noun for a woman behaved differently. As a collective it stayed singular, so "the fair" meant women in general, while a lover's fairs were individual sweethearts. Fairness and good fortune, two obsolete senses, name qualities rather than things a reader would count.
fairs is a form of fair
fair, noun: A public event, often held yearly, where goods are sold and farm animals, produce and crafts are shown and judged, usually with entertainment. Full entry
- Forms
- fair also pluralfairs plural
- Spelling
- fair → fairs: add -s
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