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fare

/ˈfeə/FUH
/ˈfɛɹ/FER

Meaningtravelling, going

Common meaning: to get on

Other meanings: a travel charge

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishfaransourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfarensource
  3. Englishfare‘to get on’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English faran ‘travelling, going’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FARE, p. 203 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry FARAN, p. 271 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • faran Old English “travelling, going”

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