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# fun

noun (fun — uncountable); adjective (fun, more fun, most fun — informal: funner, funnest)

«fun» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Enjoyment and pleasure; a good time: «We had fun at the party». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#m1)
2. Enjoyable: «a fun game». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#m2)
3. Make fun of: to laugh at someone in an unkind way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#m3)
4. If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke and not seriously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: games, play, parties, holidays. In feelings and bullying lessons: «making fun of» someone hurts; joking is fun only if everyone is laughing. In stories: fun scenes show characters enjoying themselves. Phrases: have fun, for fun, just for fun, make fun of, fun fact, great fun, more fun, it's no fun.

### Examples

- We had lots of fun at the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x1)
- Have fun at the sleepover! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x2)
- Swimming is fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x3)
- Here's a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x4)
- It's not kind to make fun of people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x5)
- We played the game just for fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x6)
- It's no fun playing alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x7)
- The fair was great fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x8)
- It was only said in fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: «a lot of fun», not «a fun» or «funs». Correct comparisons are «more fun, most fun»; «funner, funnest» are used by children but are not standard. «Fun» (enjoyable) vs «funny» (makes you laugh): a fun day; a funny joke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fun/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fun.html) on Mova free.