FINE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • money extracted as a penalty
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) fine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

FINE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
    • Move your car or else you will be ticketed!
    Hypernyms(s) fine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

FINE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
    Usage Example(s)
    • fine wine
    • looking fine in her Easter suit
    • a fine gentleman
    • fine china and crystal
    • a fine violinist
    • the fine hand of a master
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  2. Meaning
    • (of weather) pleasant
    • not raining, perhaps with the sun shining
    Usage Example(s)
    • a fine summer evening
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  3. Meaning
    • minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
    Usage Example(s)
    • a fine distinction
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  4. Meaning
    • free or impurities
    • having a high or specified degree of purity
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • gold 21 carats fine
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  5. Meaning
    • being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • an all-right movie
    • the passengers were shaken up but are all right
    • is everything all right?
    • everything’’s fine
    • things are okay
    • dinner and the movies had been fine
    • another minute I”d have
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  6. Meaning
    • of texture
    • being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles
    Usage Example(s)
    • wood with a fine grain
    • fine powdery snow
    • fine rain
    • batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave
    • covered with a fine film of dust
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  7. Meaning
    • superior to the average
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • in fine spirits
    • a fine student
    • made good grades
    • morale was good
    • had good weather for the parade
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  8. Meaning
    • thin in thickness or diameter
    Usage Example(s)
    • a fine film of oil
    • fine hairs
    • read the fine print
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  9. Meaning
    • being in good health
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he’’s feeling all right again
    • I”m fine, how are you?
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FINE as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • sentence-initial expression of agreement
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  2. Meaning
    • in a delicate manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • finely shaped features
    • her fine drawn body
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  3. Meaning
    • in a superior and skilled manner
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the soldiers were fighting finely
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