FARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fare mean?
• FARE (noun)
The noun FARE has 4 senses:
1. an agenda of things to do
2. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
3. a paying (taxi) passenger
4. the food and drink that are regularly consumed
Familiarity information: FARE used as a noun is uncommon.
• FARE (verb)
The verb FARE has 2 senses:
1. proceed or get along
2. eat well
Familiarity information: FARE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FARE (noun)
Meaning:
An agenda of things to do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
fare; menu
Context example:
they worked rapidly down the menu of reports
Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):
agenda; docket; schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)
Meaning:
The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
fare; transportation
Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):
charge (the price charged for some article or service)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fare"):
airfare (the fare charged for traveling by airplane)
bus fare; carfare (the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar)
cab fare; taxi fare (the fare charged for riding in a taxicab)
train fare (the fare charged for traveling by train)
Meaning:
A paying (taxi) passenger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):
passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)
Meaning:
The food and drink that are regularly consumed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("fare" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fare"):
diet (the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal))
ration (the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel))
board; table (food or meals in general)
chow; chuck; eats; grub (informal terms for a meal)
menu (the dishes making up a meal)
dietary (a regulated daily food allowance)
diet (a prescribed selection of foods)
• FARE (verb)
Meaning:
Proceed or get along
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
fare; get along; do; make out; come
Context examples:
How is she doing in her new job? / How are you making out in graduate school? / He's come a long way
Hypernyms (to "fare" is one way to...):
go; proceed (follow a certain course)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Eat well
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "fare" is one way to...):
eat (take in solid food)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
