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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfaɪ̯n/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈfaːn/Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈfɑɪ̯n/
Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -aɪn
/faɪn/
fē'nā
/ˈfiːneɪ/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:F AY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:F IH1 N AH0 # org, irish
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Of superior quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: good, excellent
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ironic
Examples
You're a fine one to talk about laziness.
Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hell of a
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
How are you today? – Fine.
Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.
Don't worry about us; the storm knocked the power out, but we're all fine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory, kosher
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Good-looking, attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adj
Meaning 6
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Showy; overdecorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1853, Matthew Arnold, Preface to The Poems of Matthew Arnold They will permit the poet to select any action he pleases, and to suffer that action to go as it will, provided he gratifies them with occasional bursts of fine writing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adj
Meaning 7
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adj
Meaning 8
Senses referring to subjective quality.
An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
adj
Meaning 9
Senses referring to objective quality.
Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
adj
Meaning 10
Senses referring to objective quality.
Sunny and not raining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
adj
Meaning 11
Senses referring to objective quality.
Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Grind it into a fine powder.
When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
[...]to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four[...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
adj
Meaning 16
Subtle; thin; tenuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
adv
Meaning 17
Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Everything worked out fine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: all right, alright, OK, very well
Antonyms: none provided
18
adv
Meaning 18
Finely; elegantly; delicately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, dated, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
adv
Meaning 19
In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
20
intj
Meaning 20
Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
21
intj
Meaning 21
Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
22
name
Meaning 22
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
23
noun
Meaning 23
Fine champagne; French brandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
24
noun
Meaning 24
Something that is fine; fine particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Examples
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
25
noun
Meaning 25
A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
26
noun
Meaning 26
Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
27
noun
Meaning 27
A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Cambridge University slang
Examples
Fine if you've...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
28
noun
Meaning 28
The end of a musical composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
29
noun
Meaning 29
The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
30
noun
Meaning 30
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
31
noun
Meaning 31
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: feudal law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
32
noun
Meaning 32
A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
33
verb
Meaning 33
To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to fine gold
1666 (written), 1681 (published), Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England It hath been fined and refined by [...] learned men.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
34
verb
Meaning 34
To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
35
verb
Meaning 35
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
36
verb
Meaning 36
To change by fine gradations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
37
verb
Meaning 37
To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
38
verb
Meaning 38
To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
39
verb
Meaning 39
To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
40
verb
Meaning 40
To pay a fine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
41
verb
Meaning 41
To finish; to cease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
42
verb
Meaning 42
To cause to cease; to stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
43
adjective
Meaning 43
of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: coarse
44
adjective satellite
Meaning 44
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
45
adjective satellite
Meaning 45
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a fine distinction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
46
adjective satellite
Meaning 46
free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
gold 21 carats fine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
47
adjective satellite
Meaning 47
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory
Antonyms: none provided
48
adjective satellite
Meaning 48
thin in thickness or diameter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a fine film of oil
fine hairs
read the fine print
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
49
adverb
Meaning 49
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: very well, alright, all right, OK
Antonyms: none provided
50
adverb
Meaning 50
in a delicate manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
finely shaped features
her fine drawn body
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: finely, delicately, exquisitely
Antonyms: none provided
51
noun
Meaning 51
money extracted as a penalty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mulct, amercement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penalty
Narrower terms: library fine
52
verb
Meaning 52
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street
Move your car or else you will be ticketed!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ticket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: book
Narrower terms: amerce
History
Etymology
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
* As an English surname, from the adjective fine. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Finn. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Fein.
From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis.
From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
Across languages
Translations
433 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
fyn
— of superior quality
Armenian:
բարձրակարգ
(barjrakarg)
— of superior quality
Armenian:
բարձրորակ
(barjrorak)
— of superior quality
Aromanian:
fin
— of superior quality
Bhojpuri:
नीक
(nīk)
— of superior quality
Bulgarian:
високока́чествен
(visokokáčestven)
— of superior quality
Cherokee:
ᎣᏍᏓ
(osda)
— of superior quality
Chinese Mandarin:
優良 /优良
(yōuliáng)
— of superior quality
Dutch:
uitstekend
— of superior quality
Esperanto:
fajna
— of superior quality
Finnish:
hieno
— of superior quality
French:
fin
— of superior quality
Georgian:
ნატიფი
(naṭipi)
— of superior quality
German:
fein
— of superior quality
Greek:
εκλεκτός
(eklektós)
— of superior quality
Greek:
εξαιρετικός
(exairetikós)
— of superior quality
Hebrew:
משובח
(meshubáḥ)
— of superior quality
Hungarian:
remek
— of superior quality
Irish:
breá
— of superior quality
Italian:
fine
— of superior quality
Old Javanese:
wagus
— of superior quality
Latin:
lautus
— of superior quality
Latin:
mundus
— of superior quality
Mongolian:
нарийн
(nariin)
— of superior quality
Norwegian:
flott
— of superior quality
Occitan:
fin
— of superior quality
Plautdietsch:
fein
— of superior quality
Portuguese:
fino
— of superior quality
Romanian:
fin
— of superior quality
Romansh:
fin
— of superior quality
Russian:
хоро́ший
(xoróšij)
— of superior quality
Russian:
отли́чный
(otlíčnyj)
— of superior quality
Russian:
превосхо́дный
(prevosxódnyj)
— of superior quality
Russian:
великоле́пный
(velikolépnyj)
— of superior quality
Russian:
утончённый
(utončónnyj)
— of superior quality
Russian:
высокока́чественный
(vysokokáčestvennyj)
— of superior quality
Slovene:
kakovosten
— of superior quality
Spanish:
fino
— of superior quality
Swedish:
fin
— of superior quality
Swedish:
framstående
— of superior quality
Swedish:
härlig
— of superior quality
Swedish:
präktig
— of superior quality
Swedish:
skicklig
— of superior quality
Swedish:
utmärkt
— of superior quality
Swedish:
utsökt
— of superior quality
Yiddish:
פֿײַן
(fayn)
— of superior quality
Afrikaans:
fyn
— of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint"
Finnish:
hieno
— of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint"
Finnish:
hyvä
— of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint"
Spanish:
fino
— of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint"
Azerbaijani:
yaxşı
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Azerbaijani:
gözəl
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Bulgarian:
я́сен
(jásen)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Bulgarian:
ху́бав
(húbav)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Chinese Mandarin:
晴好
(qínghǎo)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Danish:
fin
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Dutch:
prachtig
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Finnish:
kirkas
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Finnish:
hyvä
— of weather: sunny and not raining
French:
beau
— of weather: sunny and not raining
French:
belle
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Georgian:
კარგი
(ḳargi)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
German:
herrlich
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Greek:
αίθριος
(aíthrios)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Ancient Greek:
αἴθριος
(aíthrios)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Irish:
breá
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Italian:
bello
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Italian:
bella
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Latin:
serēnus
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Macedonian:
ведро
(vedro)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Norwegian:
fint
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Portuguese:
bom
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Russian:
хоро́ший
(xoróšij)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Russian:
я́сный
(jásnyj)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Russian:
сухо́й
(suxój)
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Slovene:
lep
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Swedish:
fin
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Swedish:
härlig
— of weather: sunny and not raining
Welsh:
braf
— of weather: sunny and not raining
American Sign Language:
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— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Arabic:
كويس
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Arabic:
طيّب
(ṭayyib)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Arabic:
كُوَيِّس
(kuwayyis)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Azerbaijani:
yararlı
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Azerbaijani:
yönlü
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Azerbaijani:
fərli
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Bulgarian:
добъ́р
(dobǎ́r)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Dutch:
goed
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Finnish:
oivallinen
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
French:
bien
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Georgian:
კარგი
(ḳargi)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
German:
gut
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
German:
akzeptabel
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
German:
passabel
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
German:
genügend
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Greek:
εντάξει
(entáxei)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Indonesian:
baik
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Irish:
breá
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Italian:
bene
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Japanese:
平凡
(heibon)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Japanese:
いい
(ii)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Khmer:
គួរ
(kuə)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Lao:
ເຕີ່ນາ
(tœ̄ nā)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Norwegian:
fin
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Norwegian:
bra
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Portuguese:
bom
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Russian:
го́дный
(gódnyj)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Russian:
удовлетвори́тельный
(udovletvorítelʹnyj)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Scots:
braw
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Slovene:
v redu
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Spanish:
(parecerle / estar) bien / bueno
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Spanish:
(ser) bueno
(para)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Spanish:
(estar) bien (para)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Swedish:
bra
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Thai:
ดี
(dii)
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
Tok Pisin:
orait
— being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory