fine

fine1 [ faın ] adjective ***

1. ) if something is fine, it is good enough and acceptable to you:

Is your room all right? Yes, fine, thanks.

Is it okay if we join you later? Yes, that's fine.

fine for: I'm not very hungry. A sandwich will be fine for me.

fine by someone (=acceptable to someone): If that's what he wants, that's fine by me.

a ) of very good quality:

one of the city's finest Victorian buildings

She has a remarkably fine singing voice.

fine clothes/food/wine

b ) a fine person is good and honest:

Mr. Fox was a very fine man.

c ) if you are fine, your health is good and you have no problems:

How are you? Fine, thanks.

Sarah's been very sick, but she's fine now.

Your blood pressure is absolutely fine.

d ) if the weather is fine, it is sunny and not raining:

a fine afternoon for a picnic

We'll go to the beach tomorrow if the weather's fine.

2. ) very thin and narrow, not thick or heavy:

I have very fine hair.

Everything was covered in a fine layer of dust.

The rain had slowed to a fine drizzle.

a ) a fine substance is made up of very small pieces:

fine sand/gravel/soil

b ) if someone has fine features, their eyes, nose, etc. look small and delicate:

an attractive girl with fine features

c ) fine details are small and sometimes difficult to notice:

It seems a very fine distinction to make.

fine details/points: He spent hours explaining the finer details of the plan.

a fine figure of a man/woman

a man or woman with a strong attractive body

a fine line between

if there is a fine line between two things, they seem very similar and it is difficult to see a difference between them:

There's a very fine line between personal ambition and ruthlessness.

finer feelings

your finer feelings are feelings such as love, loyalty, and care for others:

Matthew knows how to appeal to people's finer feelings.

not to put too fine a point on it

used before saying something in a very direct way that may seem rude:

Emily is, not to put too fine a point on it, a liar.

fine

fine 2 [ faın ] adverb INFORMAL **

in a way that is acceptable and good enough:

My car's running fine now.

Don't worry if you can't work as quickly as the others, you're doing fine.

do (someone) fine (=be enough for someone): A bowl of soup will do me fine.

cut it fine

to leave only just enough time to complete something or arrive somewhere

fine

fine 3 [ faın ] noun count **

an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law:

He had to pay a hefty fine.

I got a $100 fine for speeding.

Companies could face fines of up to $100,000.

The court has the right to impose heavy fines.

fine

fine 4 [ faın ] verb transitive *

to make someone pay an amount of money as punishment for breaking the law:

fine someone for (doing) something: She was fined for speeding.