Tra từ fun - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fun noun, adjective BrE [fʌn] NAmE [fʌn]
noun uncountable
1. enjoyment; pleasure; a thing that gives enjoyment or pleasure and makes you feel happy
• We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party.
• Sailing is good fun.
•Have fun! (= Enjoy yourself)
•I decided to learn Spanish, just for fun.
•I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it.
•It's not much fun going to a party on your own.
•‘What fun!’ she said with a laugh.
•Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun.
•The whole family can join in the fun at Water World.
•‘What do you say to a weekend in New York?’ ‘Sounds like fun.’
2. behaviour or activities that are not serious but come from a sense of enjoyment
• She's very lively and full of fun.
• We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
•It wasn't serious - it was all done in fun.
more at be/become a figure of fun at ↑figure _n., poke fun at sb/sth at ↑poke _v.

Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with ↑fond.

Thesaurus:
fun noun U
•We had a lot of fun at Tim's party.
entertainment • • pleasure • • enjoyment • • amusement • • play • • recreation • • relaxation • |especially spoken good time • • great time • |AmE, informal blast •
do sth for fun/entertainment/pleasure/enjoyment/amusement/recreation/relaxation
have fun/a good time/a great time/a blast
provide fun/entertainment/amusement/recreation/relaxation
spoil the fun/sb's pleasure/sb's enjoyment

Synonyms:
entertainment
fun • recreation • relaxation • play • pleasure • amusement
These are all words for things or activities used to entertain people when they are not working.
entertainment • films, television, music, etc. used to entertain people: ▪ There are three bars, with live entertainment seven nights a week.
fun • (rather informal) behaviour or activities that are not serious but come from a sense of enjoyment: ▪ It wasn't serious— it was all done ▪ in fun ▪. ◇▪ We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just ▪ a bit of fun ▪. ◇ ▪ The lottery provides ▪ harmless fun ▪ for millions.
recreation • (rather formal) things people do for enjoyment when they are not working: ▪ His only form of recreation is playing football.
relaxation • (rather formal) things people do to rest and enjoy themselves when they are not working; the ability to relax: ▪ I go hill-walking for relaxation.
recreation or relaxation?
Both these words can be used for a wide range of activities, physical and mental, but relaxation is sometimes used for gentler activities than recreation: ▪ I play the flute in a wind band for recreation. ◇ ▪ I listen to music for relaxation.
play • things that people, especially children, do for enjoyment rather than as work: ▪ the happy sounds of children ▪ at play
pleasure • the activity of enjoying yourself, especially in contrast to working: ▪ Are you in Paris ▪ for business or pleasure ▪?
amusement • the fact of being entertained by sth: ▪ What do you do for amusement round here?
to do sth for entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/pleasure/amusement
to provide entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/amusement

Synonyms:
fun
pleasure • (a) good time • enjoyment • (a) great time
These are all words for the feeling of enjoying yourself, or activities or time that you enjoy.
fun • (rather informal) the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy: ▪ We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party. ◇ ▪ Sailing is ▪ good/great fun ▪.
pleasure • (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself or being satisfied: ▪ Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same.
(a) good time • (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself: ▪ We had a good time in Spain.
enjoyment • (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself: ▪ I get a lot of enjoyment from music.
pleasure or enjoyment?
Enjoyment usually comes from an activity that you do; pleasure can come from sth that you do or sth that happens: ▪ He beamed with pleasure at seeing her. ◇ He beamed with enjoyment at seeing her.
(a) great time • (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself very much: ▪ We had a really great time together.
to do sth for fun/pleasure/enjoyment
great fun/pleasure/enjoyment
to have fun/a good time/a great time
to get pleasure/enjoyment from sth
to spoil the fun/sb's pleasure/sb's enjoyment

Example Bank:
•I only said it in fun— don't take it seriously!
•I was only having a bit of fun.
•I write for fun, not because I expect to make money.
•It was just plain fun.
•It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
•Must you take all the fun out of everything?
•School isn't all fun and games.
•She organized an annual fun day for local children.
•That's when the real fun started!
•The boys' game started as harmless fun but ended in tragedy.
•They took up motor racing just for the fun of it, rather than to win anything.
•This movie is full of fun.
•We had a lot of fun at Mick's party.
•We won't let a bit of rain spoil our fun.
•You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher.
•You're missing all the fun!
•a game that's fun for kids
•Have fun
•I decided to learn Spanish just for fun.
•I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it.
•It wasn't serious— it was all done in fun.
•It's not much fun going to a party on your own.
•Sailing is good fun.
•She's very lively and full of fun.
•Some of the tourist entertainments may seem tacky, but they're all good, clean fun.
•Teaching isn't all fun and games, you know.
•The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
•We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
Idioms: ↑fun and games ▪ ↑make fun of somebody

adjective
amusing or enjoyable
• She's really fun to be with.
• This game looks fun!
•There are lots of fun things for young people to do here.

Word Origin:
[fun] late 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with ↑fond.