fun
♦♦ fun /f'ʌn/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
You refer to an activity or situation as fun if you think it is pleasant and enjoyable and it causes you to feel happy.
It was such a success and we had so much fun doing it...
It could be fun to watch them...
You still have time to join in the fun.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that someone is fun, you mean that you enjoy being with them because they say and do interesting or amusing things.
Liz was wonderful fun to be with.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you describe something as a fun thing, you mean that you think it is enjoyable. If you describe someone as a fun person, you mean that you enjoy being with them. (INFORMAL)
It was a fun evening...
What a fun person he is!
= entertaining
4 [PHRASE] figure inflects, v-link PHR
Someone who is a figure of fun is considered ridiculous, so that people laugh at them or make jokes about them.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you do something for fun or for the fun of it, you do it in order to enjoy yourself rather than because it is important or necessary.
I took my M. A. just for fun really...
He had just come for the fun of it.
6 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke or for amusement, without intending to cause any harm.
Don't say such things, even in fun.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
Don't make fun of me...
She poked fun at people's shortcomings.fun run (fun runs)
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A fun run is a long distance race which anyone can take part in. Fun runs are often held to raise money for charity. (BRIT, AUSTRALIAN)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
You refer to an activity or situation as fun if you think it is pleasant and enjoyable and it causes you to feel happy.
It was such a success and we had so much fun doing it...
It could be fun to watch them...
You still have time to join in the fun.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that someone is fun, you mean that you enjoy being with them because they say and do interesting or amusing things.
Liz was wonderful fun to be with.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you describe something as a fun thing, you mean that you think it is enjoyable. If you describe someone as a fun person, you mean that you enjoy being with them. (INFORMAL)
It was a fun evening...
What a fun person he is!
= entertaining
4 [PHRASE] figure inflects, v-link PHR
Someone who is a figure of fun is considered ridiculous, so that people laugh at them or make jokes about them.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you do something for fun or for the fun of it, you do it in order to enjoy yourself rather than because it is important or necessary.
I took my M. A. just for fun really...
He had just come for the fun of it.
6 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke or for amusement, without intending to cause any harm.
Don't say such things, even in fun.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
Don't make fun of me...
She poked fun at people's shortcomings.fun run (fun runs)
[N-COUNT]
A fun run is a long distance race which anyone can take part in. Fun runs are often held to raise money for charity. (BRIT, AUSTRALIAN)