fare
verb/feə(r)/
/fer/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fare | /feə(r)/ /fer/ |
| he / she / it fares | /feəz/ /ferz/ |
| past simple fared | /feəd/ /ferd/ |
| past participle fared | /feəd/ /ferd/ |
| -ing form faring | /ˈfeərɪŋ/ /ˈferɪŋ/ |
- fare well, badly, better, etc. to be successful/unsuccessful in a particular situation synonym get on
- The party fared very badly in the last election.
- The North, by and large, has fared better than most regions in avoiding high unemployment figures.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2, Difficulty and failurec2- He fared well against his main rival.
- She should fare better in this competition.
- This movie fared poorly at the British box office.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- poorly
- well
- …
Word OriginOld English fær, faru ‘travelling, a journey or expedition’, faran ‘to travel’, also ‘get on (well or badly’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch varen and German fahren ‘to travel’, Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, also to ford. Senses 1 and 2 of the noun stem from an earlier meaning ‘a journey for which a price is paid’. Noun sense 3 was originally used with reference to the quality or quantity of food provided, probably from the idea of faring well or badly.Definitions on the go
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