About and Fair

About

About adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Usage example: about as many women as men signed up for the course in auto repair

Fair and about are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Fair" instead an adverb "About".

Fair

Fair adverb - According to the rules or the law.

About and fair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "About" instead an adverb "Fair".

Nearby Words: fairness, fairly, faired, fairground
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