- fun
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ enormous, excellent (BrE), good, great, terrific, tremendous▪ pure, sheer▪ clean, good clean, harmless, innocent, plain (esp. AmE)▪
The boys' game started as harmless fun but ended in tragedy.
▪It was just plain fun.
▪ familyVERB + FUN▪ be, become, get▪ look, seem, sound▪ have▪We had a lot of fun at Mick's party.
▪He decided to have a little fun at his friend's expense.
▪ ruin, spoil▪We won't let the rain spoil our fun.
▪ want▪ findFUN + NOUN▪ day▪She organized an annual fun day for local children.
PREPOSITION▪ for fun▪I write for fun, not because I expect to make money.
▪ in fun▪I only said it in fun—don't take it seriously!
▪ fun for▪a game that's fun for kids
PHRASES▪ be no fun▪It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
▪ a bit of fun▪I was only having a bit of fun.
▪ full of fun▪This movie is full of fun.
▪ fun and games▪School isn't all fun and games.
▪ just for fun, just for the fun of it▪They took up motor racing just for the fun of it.
▪ miss the fun▪You're missing all the fun!
▪ the real fun▪That's when the real fun started!
▪ a sense of fun▪You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher.
▪ suck (all) the fun out of sth (AmE), take the fun away from sth, take the fun out of sth▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Must you take all the fun out of everything?
adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
