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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fare /fɛr/USA pronunciation n., v., fared, far•ing. n. - the price of traveling in a bus, airplane, or other carrier:[countable]special fares for senior citizens.
- a person who pays to travel in a vehicle:[countable]The cab driver took her fare to the airport.
- food;
diet:[uncountable]The restaurant serves hearty fare. - something offered to the public, as for entertainment:[uncountable]musical fare of folk songs and country tunes.
v. [no object] - to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.;
get on:He didn't fare too well on his own.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fare (fâr),USA pronunciation n., v., fared, far•ing. n. - the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle;
paying passenger. - a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.
- food;
diet:hearty fare. - something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.:literary fare.
- [Archaic.]state of things.
v.i. - to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.;
get on:He fared well in his profession. - to go;
turn out;
happen (used impersonally):It fared ill with him. - to go;
travel. - to eat and drink:They fared sumptuously.
- bef. 1000; Middle English faren, Old English faran; cognate with German fahren, Old Norse fara, Gothic faran; akin to emporium, port5, pram2
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See food.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fare /fɛə/ n - the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc
- a paying passenger, esp when carried by taxi
- a range of food and drink; diet
vb (intransitive)- to get on (as specified); manage: he fared well
- with it as a subject: to turn out or happen as specified: it fared badly with him
- archaic to eat: we fared sumptuously
- (often followed by forth) archaic to go or travel
Etymology: Old English faran; related to Old Norse fara to travel, Old High German faran to go, Greek poros fordˈfarer n |