- the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy
- We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party.
- Sailing is good fun.
- It was great fun! You should have come too.
- That was the most fun I have had in years.
- Have fun! (= Enjoy yourself)
- ‘What fun!’ she said with a laugh.
- We won't let a bit of rain spoil our fun.
- for fun I decided to learn Spanish, just for fun.
- I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it.
- it is fun doing something It's not much fun going to a party on your own.
- It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
- Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun.
- The whole family can join in the fun at Water World.
- ‘What do you say to a weekend in New York?’ ‘Sounds like fun.’
Synonyms funfun(a) good time ▪ (a) great time ▪ pleasure ▪ enjoymentThese are all words for the feeling of enjoying yourself, or activities or time that you enjoy.fun (rather informal)- We had a lot of fun at Sarah’s party.
- I only swim for fun.
- We had a good time in Spain.
- We had a really great time together.
- Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same.
- He beamed with pleasure at seeing her.
- I get a lot of enjoyment from music.
- to do something for fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- great fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- to have fun/a good time/a great time
- to get pleasure/enjoyment from something
- to spoil the fun/somebody’s pleasure/somebody’s enjoyment
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- I write for fun, not because I expect to make money.
- It was just plain fun.
- Must you take all the fun out of everything?
- She organized an annual fun day for local children.
- That's when the real fun started!
- The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
- They took up motor racing just for the fun of it, rather than to win anything.
- You're missing all the fun!
- Some of the tourist entertainments may seem tacky, but they're all good, clean fun.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
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- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
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- behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed
- She's very lively and full of fun.
- We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
- You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher.
- in fun It wasn't serious—it was all done in fun.
Synonyms entertainmententertainmentfun ▪ play ▪ pleasure ▪ relaxation ▪ recreation ▪ amusementThese are all words for activities that you enjoy when you are not working.entertainmentTopics Games and toysa1- There are three bars, with live entertainment seven nights a week.
- Sailing is good fun.
- We didn’t mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
- The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
- the happy sounds of children at play
- Are you in Paris for business or pleasure?
- His only form of recreation is playing football.
- I go hill-walking for relaxation.
- A hot bath is great form of relaxation.
- What do you do for amusement round here?
- to do something for entertainment/fun/pleasure/recreation/relaxation/amusement
- to provide entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/amusement
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
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- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
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Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with fond.
Idioms
See fun in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe/become a figure of fun
- to be/become somebody that other people laugh at
fun and games
- (informal) activities that are not serious and that other people may think are bad
- Teaching isn't all fun and games, you know.
make fun of somebody/something
- to laugh at somebody/something or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way
- It's cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
poke fun at somebody/something
- to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them synonym ridicule
- Her novels poke fun at the upper class.
- She’s always poking fun at herself.
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