fair-weather

[ fair-weth-er ]
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adjective
  1. used in or intended for fair weather only.

  2. weakening or failing in time of trouble: His fair-weather friends left him when he lost his money.

Origin of fair-weather

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First recorded in 1730–40

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Other definitions for Fairweather (2 of 2)

Fairweather
[ fair-weth-er ]

noun
  1. Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 15,292 feet (4,660 meters).

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How to use fair-weather in a sentence

  • This entails letting go, lightly, of fair-weather friendships that no longer serve you.

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  • She was not a fair-weather friend, and since Jennie was good enough to offer her a home she felt she ought to go at once.

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  • The glow at evening is generally followed by fair weather the next day; but the fair weather is not an effect of a clear sunset.

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  • The pass over the mountains is circuitous and steep, but in fair weather persons travel on the road along the shore.

  • If fair throughout, and rain at the change, the fair weather will probably return at the fourth or fifth day.

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  • When, with returning fair weather, the atmospheric pressure increases, the water can no longer bulge or drop out of the bulb.

British Dictionary definitions for fair-weather (1 of 2)

fair-weather

adjective
  1. suitable for use in fair weather only

  2. not reliable or present in situations of hardship or difficulty (esp in the phrase fair-weather friend)

British Dictionary definitions for Fairweather (2 of 2)

Fairweather

/ (ˈfɛəˌwɛðə) /


noun
  1. Mount Fairweather a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)

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