Definition of 'fare'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense fares
, present participle faring
, past tense, past participle fared
1. countable noun
2. uncountable noun
The fare at a restaurant or café is the type of food that is served there.
[written]
3. verb
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fare in British English
verb (intransitive)
6. archaic
to eat
we fared sumptuously
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Derived forms
farer (ˈfarer) noun
Word origin
Old English faran; related to Old Norse fara to travel, Old High German faran to go, Greek poros ford
Word Frequency
fare in American English
verb intransitiveWord forms: fared or ˈfaring
1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
to travel; go
2.
to happen; result
how did it fare with him?
3.
to be in a specified condition or position; get on; go through an experience
he fared well on his trip
4.
to eat or be given food
noun
5.
money paid or to be paid for transportation in a train, taxi, plane, etc.
6.
a passenger who pays a fare
8. Archaic
the condition of things
SIMILAR WORDS: food
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Word origin
ME faren < OE faran, to go, wander, akin to Ger fahren & Du raren < IE base *per-, to come over, transport > L portare, to carry, Gr peran, to pass over, peira, a trial, poros, a way
Word Frequency
fare in American English
(fɛər) (verb fared, faring)
noun
2.
a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger
4.
food; diet
hearty fare
6. archaic
state of things
intransitive verb
SYNONYMS 4. See food.8.
to go; turn out; happen (used impersonally)
It fared ill with him
9.
to go; travel
10.
to eat and drink
They fared sumptuously
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Derived forms
farer noun
Word origin
[bef. 1000; ME faren, OE faran; c. G fahren, ON fara, Goth faran; akin to emporium, port5, pram2]Examples of 'fare' in a sentence
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fare
British English: fare
/fɛə/ NOUN
The fare is the money that you pay for a journey by bus, taxi, train, boat, or aeroplane.
He couldn't afford the train fare.
- American English: fare /ˈfɛər/
- Arabic: أُجْرَةُ السَّفَر
- Brazilian Portuguese: tarifa
- Chinese: 费用
- Croatian: vozarina
- Czech: jízdné
- Danish: billetpris
- Dutch: vervoerprijs
- European Spanish: billete pasaje
- Finnish: matkalipun hinta
- French: prix coût d’un voyage
- German: Fahrpreis
- Greek: ναύλος
- Italian: tariffa
- Japanese: 運賃
- Korean: 승차 요금
- Norwegian: billettpris
- Polish: opłata
- European Portuguese: tarifa
- Romanian: costul unui bilet de călătorie
- Russian: стоимость проезда
- Latin American Spanish: tarifa
- Swedish: biljettpris
- Thai: ค่าโดยสาร
- Turkish: ücret
- Ukrainian: плата за проїзд
- Vietnamese: tiền vé
British English: fare
VERB /ˈfɛə/
If you say that someone or something fares well or badly, you are referring to the degree of success they achieve in a particular situation or activity.
It is unlikely that the industry will fare any better in September.
- American English: fare /ˈfɛər/
- Brazilian Portuguese: sair-se
- Chinese: 进展
- European Spanish: obtener mejores {or} peores resultados
- French: réussir
- German: zurechtkommen
- Italian: passarsela
- Japanese: やっていく
- Korean: 일이 되어 가다
- European Portuguese: sair-se
- Latin American Spanish: obtener mejores {or} peores resultados
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