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standard fare

standard fare

2 3.1
Food and other things that are usual at a place or event
  • noun
translation icon : oferta habitual
  • Our laid-back, no-fuss take on entertainment menus is a refreshing alternative to the standard fare.
  • become standard fare
  • pretty standard fare

So this is pretty standard fare for what a virtue is in virtue ethics.

Examples

  • Contestants' biographies and aspirations are packaged for public consumption in the form of mottos and biographical essays that have become standard fare in pageant competition.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Lectures, simulations, social interaction, and a bit of soldiering are standard fare.

    Academic text (1998)

  • In countries with high fuel prices, this kind of small car is standard fare for everyone.

    Blog text (20)

  • The questions asked are pretty standard fare when entering any country.

    Blog text (9)

  • I already have enough material for a story, but they're the standard fare people expect.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Critical readings of landscape representations have become standard fare for cultural geographers in recent years.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Impact fees have been tried before, but in most cases, they have been flat, inflexible, one-time fees that offered no incentive to developers to produce anything but the standard fare.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Passengers who reserve vegetarian entrees for their trips often draw envious stares from those nearby, who are forced to sate their appetites with standard fare.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Cairo overlooks political activists nestled between patchwork folk art cushions at three tiny, brightly painted tables, where passionate political debate is standard fare.

    Blog text (24)

  • At the restaurant, burgers and fries are always standard fare for families.

Synonyms

fare
vsstandard fare
43 3.7

Food and drink served in a place like a restaurant

is specifically the types commonly expected in that context

Antonyms

specialty
  • US
54 4.4

A quality that makes a person or thing different

exotic flavor
6.0

An unusual taste often found in food from other countries

How Typical

standard fare
2 3.1
local dish
1 2.3
specialty
  • US
205 4.3
delicacy
37 6.3

Surface Forms

standard fare singular
standard fares plural

Morphology

standard + fare

The meaning 'typical or usual food/offerings' is directly and compositionally derived from 'standard' (typical/usual) + 'fare' (food/offering). This is a common, literal noun-noun/adj-noun pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase standard fare comes from the image of a simple, usual menu: standard means 'usual' and fare is an old word for food or what is offered. So when a place serves the same basic dishes, that is its standard fare, meaning 'typical offerings'.