Fairs Meaning in English

word · lemma: fair

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Definition

'Fairs' are events where people gather for entertainment, exhibitions, selling products, or showing achievements. They can be community festivals or large business exhibitions.

Usage & Nuances

'Fairs' can mean local celebrations with rides and food, or trade/expo events for businesses. Collocations: "science fairs", "book fairs", "career fairs". Not used for 'fairness'. Plural 'fairs' refers to more than one event.

• Spanish: ferias - exposiciones (comerciales)
• Portuguese (BR): feiras - exposições (comerciais)
• Portuguese (PT): feiras - exposições (comerciais)
• Chinese (Simplified): 集市 - 展销会 - 博览会
• Chinese (Traditional): 集市 - 展銷會 - 博覽會
• Hindi: मेलें - प्रदर्शनी (व्यापार)
• Arabic: معارض - مهرجانات (تجارية)
• Bengali: মেলা
• Russian: ярмарки - выставки
• Japanese: フェア - 博覧会 - 祭り
• Vietnamese: hội chợ
• Korean: 박람회 - 축제
• Turkish: fuar - panayır
• Urdu: میلے
• Indonesian: pameran - pasar malam

Example Sentences

Tech companies set up booths at industry fairs to show their newest products.

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Many cities hold summer fairs every year.

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Children love going to fairs for the rides and games.

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There are job fairs at the university every spring.

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We met lots of interesting people while traveling to different fairs around the country.

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I always eat too much cotton candy at those local fairs.

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