world's fair

noun

1. a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of world's fair¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

“Karl Benz launched the first production car in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair. Twenty-five years later, horse carriages and related items were down 60%, and if not for the depression, the final collapse might have come sooner.”

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“Karl Benz launched the first production car in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair. Twenty-five years later, horse carriages and related items were down 60%, and if not for the depression, the final collapse might have come sooner.”

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After singing at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, he was discovered by the British producer Chris Blackwell of Island Records.

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While there are obviously more momentous dates and places in history that might have been chosen, as is observed by the co-chief of Bert’s company, peculiarly named M-Dash and played with dry humor by the actor-director Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the date chosen by the company allows Bert to visit the World’s Fair that opened that year in Queens.

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Not everyone may share in the authors’ nostalgia for the period—and the voluminously enumerated attractions of the World’s Fair.

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