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Meaning of 'fare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fare [ n.]
- To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
- To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.
- To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
- To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
- To behave; to conduct one's self.
2 . Fare [ v.]
- A journey; a passage.
- The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
- Ado; bustle; business.
- Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
- Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
- The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
- The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

Meaning of 'fare' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fare [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an agenda of things to do
Example in sentence:
  • they worked rapidly down the menu of reports
2 . fare [ v]
Meaning (2):
- proceed or get along
Example in sentence:
  • He's come a long way;
  • How are you making out in graduate school?;
  • How is she doing in her new job?

Nearby Words:

far far-off farabout farad faradic faradism faradization farand farandams farantly

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