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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | fine, good | Superior to the average |
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| 2 | fine, all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory | Satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | |
| 3 | fine | Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning | |
| 4 | fine | Of texture | |
| 5 | fine, all right | In good health | |
| 6 | fine | Thin in thickness or diameter | |
| 7 | fine | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | |
| 8 | fine, f. | Free or impurities | |
| 9 | fine | (of weather) pleasant | |
| ADVERB | 1 | fine, very well, alright, all right, OK | Sentence-initial expression of agreement |
| 2 | fine, finely, delicately, exquisitely | In a delicate manner | |
| 3 | fine, finely | In a superior and skilled manner | |
| NOUN | 1 | fine, mulct, amercement | Money extracted as a penalty |
| VERB | 1 | fine, ticket | Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty |
| Sounds | fay'n |
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| Rhymes | airline, align, aline, and 137 more rhymes in ayn at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Superior to the average. |
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| Examples | "in fine spirits"; "a fine student" |
| Synonyms | good |
| Similar to | superior |
| Adverbs | finely |
| Meaning | Satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. |
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| Examples | "everything's fine"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" |
| Synonyms | all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory |
| Similar to | satisfactory |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning. |
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| Examples | "a fine distinction" |
| Similar to | precise |
| Meaning | Of texture. Being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Attribute of | texture |
| Similar | close, tight; close-grained, fine-grained; dustlike; floury; nongranular; powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained; small; superfine |
| See also | smooth |
| Contrary | coarse |
| Adverbs | finely |
| Meaning | In good health. |
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| Examples | "I'm fine, how are you?" |
| Synonyms | all right |
| Similar to | well |
| Meaning | Thin in thickness or diameter. |
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| Examples | "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print" |
| Similar to | thin |
| Meaning | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. |
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| Examples | "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master" |
| Similar to | elegant |
| Adverbs | finely |
| Meaning | Free or impurities. Having a high or specified degree of purity. |
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| Examples | "gold 21 carats fine" |
| Synonyms | f. |
| Category | metallurgy |
| Similar to | pure |
| Meaning | (of weather) pleasant. Not raining, perhaps with the sun shining. |
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| Examples | "a fine summer evening" |
| Similar to | pleasant |
| Meaning | Money extracted as a penalty. |
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| Synonyms | mulct, amercement |
| Narrower | library fine |
| Broader | penalty |
| Verbs | fine |
| Meaning | Sentence-initial expression of agreement. |
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| Synonyms | very well, alright, all right, OK |
| Meaning | In a delicate manner. |
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| Examples | "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" |
| Synonyms | finely, delicately, exquisitely |
| Meaning | In a superior and skilled manner. |
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| Examples | "the soldiers were fighting finely" |
| Synonyms | finely |
| Meaning | Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street" |
| Synonyms | ticket |
| Narrower | amerce |
| Broader | book |
| Nouns | fine |