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Definition: Meaning of, fine in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fʌɪn /

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Positive Comparative Superlative
fine finer finest
  1. acceptable [not before noun] especially spoken satisfactory or acceptable [=  OK]
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  2. healthy in good health [=  OK]
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  3. very good [usually before noun] very good or of a very high standard
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  4. weather bright and not raining
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  5. narrow very thin or narrow
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  6. delicate [usually before noun] attractive, neat, and delicate
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  7. small fine details, changes, differences etc are very small and therefore difficult to understand or notice
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  8. small in small grains, pieces, or drops
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  9. small fine material is made so that the spaces between the threads are very small
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  10. bad [only before noun] especially spoken used humorously to say that someone or something is bad in some way
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  11. speech/words sounding important and impressive, but probably not true or honest
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  12. a fine man/woman etc a good person that you respect
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  13. a fine line between something and something if you say that there is a fine line between two different things, you mean that they are so similar that one can easily become the other
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  14. get something down to a fine art to practise something so often that you become very skilled at it
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  15. not to put too fine a point on it informal used when you are criticizing something in a plain and direct way
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  16. finer feelings someone's finer feelings are the moral values they have, such as love, honour, loyalty etc
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  17. a fine figure of a man/woman literary someone who looks big, strong, and physically attractive
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  18. somebody's finest hour a time when someone is very successful, brave etc
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Positive Comparative Superlative
fine finer finest
  1. especially spoken in a way that is satisfactory or acceptable
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  2. do fine spoken to be satisfactory or acceptable
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  3. do fine spoken to do something well or in a satisfactory way
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  4. do fine spoken to be healthy and well
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  5. if you cut something fine, you cut it into very small or very thin pieces [=  finely]
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  6. cut it/things fine informal to leave yourself only just enough time to do something
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
fine fined fined
Present Participle Third Person Singular
fining fines
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  1. to make someone pay money as a punishment
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fine fines
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  1. money that you have to pay as a punishment
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fine used in phrases

  • Doctor of Fine Arts (noun)
    1. an honorary degree in fine arts
  • Fine Gael
    1. one of the two main political parties in the Republic of Ireland, established in 1933. It is more CONSERVATIVE than the other main party, FIANNA F IL .
  • Master of Fine Arts (noun)
    1. a master's degree in fine arts
  • fine art (noun)
    1. the fine arts forms of art, especially paintings or SCULPTURE, that are produced and admired for their beauty and high quality
  • fine arts (noun)
    1. the study and creation of visual works of art
  • fine leg (noun)
    1. cricket a fielding position on the leg side, behind square and near the boundary; the fielder in that position
  • fine print (noun)
    1. SMALL PRINT
  • fine spray (noun)
    1. precipitation in very small drops
  • fine structure (noun)
    1. the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements
  • fine-grained (adjective)
    1. consisting of fine particles
    2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
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