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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 |