fare
- noun
- /fɛr/
- In Hawaii's warm, mild climate, exotic tropical fruits and vegetables, as well as more familiar fare, flourish nearly year-round.
- standard fare
- traditional fare
- typical fare
And we might think in our own time about the fare of media that we consume.
- And we might think in our own time about the fare of media that we consume.
- So it's sparse and content, common American fare sparse and setting someone behind a counter going through the motions, what we now call dump and stir TV.
Examples
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Matilda's well-known deeds and virtues had long constituted popular literary fare among aristocratic audiences in the region.
Academic text (1999) -
Critical readings of landscape representations have become standard fare for cultural geographers in recent years.
Academic text (1998) -
Now, read me the bill of fare.
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Any programs beyond the standard academic fare are designed and developed by teachers in the school.
Academic text (2001) -
Is this the highlight of the local fare?
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These days the best we have is only humble fare.
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In the first phase, the women eat familiar fare, predominantly rice and vegetables.
Academic text (2002) -
Next, we have the main casino floor, where you'll find traditional casino fare.
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Or did the doctors order some low-calorie fare that failed to nourish him?
Fiction book (1998) -
The food was uncomplicated, crowd-pleasing fare: steaks, roast chicken, potato salad, and enchiladas.
Synonyms
Light food and drinks people serve at a meeting or event
Food and other things that are usual at a place or event
A supply of food and other needed things for a trip
Food and drink kept or prepared to eat
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Etymology
Fare (food and drink) comes from an old idea of 'what you are given on a trip', so fare became the word for the food a place serves or the kind of food you eat there.