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fine meaning and definition

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FINE noun

Definition of fine (noun)

  1. money extracted as a penalty

FINE verb

Definition of fine (verb)

  1. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
    • "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
    • synonyms: ticket

FINE adjective

Definition of fine (adjective)

  1. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
    • "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 been fine"
    • synonyms: all right, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay
  2. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
    • "a fine distinction"
  3. thin in thickness or diameter
    • "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
  4. characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
    • "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
  5. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
    • "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"
    • antonym: coarse
  6. free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
    • "gold 21 carats fine"

FINE adverb

Definition of fine (adverb)

  1. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
  2. in a delicate manner
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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