fa
noun
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
fa
1 American
[fah]
/ fɑ /
noun
Music.
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fas
plural
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the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the tone F.
fā
2
American
[fah]
/ fɑ /
noun
FA
1
British
abbreviation
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military field artillery
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(in Britain) Football Association See also FA Cup
fa
2
British
/ fɑː /
noun
f.a.
3
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fa1
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at gamut
Origin of fā2
From Arabic
Vocabulary lists containing fa
Example Sentences
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“He never got mad, he never raised his voice, and when he did he silenced the room because what Take said was law and he wasn’t changing his mind fa na, not even Unc could.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
I often heard him repeat the verse: "Wa in janaho ila alsilm fa ajnah laho" — if they, meaning non-Muslims, resort to peace, do the same.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
He was also, in the opinion of many, reggae’s greatest singer, so deeply spiritual he could transform “Do re mi fa so la ti do” into a hymn.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
They are absurdly fluffy—a texture known to the Japanese as fa fa—and come alongside lashings of honeycomb butter.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
The music teacher whistled the scale—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
She greeted other guests with “gōng xǐ fā cái,” wishing them prosperity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Fey, Fay, fā, adj. doomed, fated soon to die, under the shadow of a sudden or violent death—often marked by extravagantly high spirits.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The FA had proposed a three-month ban, but the commission gave credit to him for what they called "considerable mitigation in this matter, most particularly around the genuine contrition".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Prices for the FA Cup final varied from £50 to £285 in 2026, compared with £50 to £120 in 2016.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Eckert has been sanctioned for three breaches of FA Rule E3.1.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The FA charged Eckert in July with misconduct, and a hearing took place at the end of last month.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The general meaning is made clear by Ts`ao Kung's quotation from the SSU-MA FA: "Give instructions only on sighting the enemy; give rewards when you see deserving deeds."
From The Art of War by Sunzi (6th cent. BC)
But he did not go as fas as to call for revoking their Security Council membership, and with it their veto power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The future of the hunt is unclear - many of the most talented lama fas are aging, and overfishing in the area could limit the food supply that brings the whales past Lamalera so regularly.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2015
As fas as I have been able to ascertain, Hanya Yanagihara is the only novelist in the United States who does not live in the bubbling literary cauldron known as Brooklyn.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 19, 2015
They either express Fas ligand, which binds to the fas molecule on the target cell, or act by using perforins and granzymes contained in their cytoplasmic granules.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
So we go 'way from dat lak' ver' fas'.
From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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