fare

A2 Topic:Transportation

US /fɛr/ UK /ˈfɛə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

fair /fɛr/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like fell /l/ vs /r/

Freq #6730

Meanings

1

noun
The money you pay to travel by bus, train, taxi, or plane.

The train fare went up again this year.
2

noun
Food and drink, especially of a particular kind.

The restaurant serves simple, traditional fare.
3

verb
To do or get along in a particular way.

She fared badly in the exam.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the money you pay to travel... transportation

3 verb · to do or get along in a... doget alongmanage cope

Word family

Forms faredfaresfaring

Derived forms afareairfaringfarerfarewell forfareforthfareillfaremisfarenightfaringoverfareseafaringskyfaring

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Simplified etymology

Fare is an Old English word in the same Germanic family as ford and ferry. It originally referred both to travelling and to a journey; the sense “payment for a journey” developed in late Middle English.

Etymology

From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).

faren Middle English faran Old English *faran Proto-West Germanic *faraną Proto-Germanic *per- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Transportation

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# fare

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /fɛr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɛə/
**Frequency rank:** 6730

## Meanings
1. The money you pay to travel by bus, train, taxi, or plane.
2. Food and drink, especially of a particular kind.
3. To do or get along in a particular way.

## Examples
- The train fare went up again this year.
- The restaurant serves simple, traditional fare.
- She fared badly in the exam.

## Derived Forms
- afare
- airfaring
- farer
- farewell
- forfare
- forthfare
- illfare
- misfare
- nightfaring
- overfare
- seafaring
- skyfaring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: faren
- Root: faran
- Root: *faran
- Root: *faraną
- Root: *per-

## Etymology
From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).

## AI Etymology
Fare comes from Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”). In current use, the main senses are “The money you pay to travel by bus, train, taxi, or plane” and “Food and drink, especially of a particular kind”.

## Topics
- Transportation

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