fete

Everyday

1. (UK, Australia, NZ) An outdoor event, often at a school or church, with stalls, games and food to raise money. tree →
2. (formal, verb) To honour someone with parties and praise: «She was feted as a hero». tree →

In the lessons

In UK and Australian schools, the summer fete has cake stalls, tombola, raffles and games to raise money for the school. Maths problems often use fete stalls: money raised, change, profit. In news, famous people are «feted».

Examples

• Our school fete raised lots of money. tree →
• I helped run the cake stall at the fete. tree →
• There is a tombola at the summer fete. tree →
• The village fete has a dog show. tree →
• The team was feted when they came home with the cup. tree →
• We won a goldfish at the fete. tree →
• The Queen was even more delighted, and fetes were ordered over the whole kingdom. tree →

Note

Pronounced «fate». Sometimes written fête. Countable. In the USA a similar event is a «fair» or «carnival». In maths: money raised = income − costs.