Meaning

16 senses
  1. Senses referring to subjective quality.

    Of superior quality.

    The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.

    Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.

    fein

    хоро́шийxoróšij, отли́чныйotlíčnyj, превосхо́дныйprevosxódnyj

  2. (ironic)Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.

    You're a fine one to talk about laziness.

    Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.

  3. (informal)Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.

    How are you today? – Fine.

    Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.

    gut, akzeptabel, passabel

    го́дныйgódnyj, удовлетвори́тельныйudovletvorítelʹnyj

  4. (informal)Good-looking, attractive.

    That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.

    sexy, heiß

    прекра́сныйprekrásnyj, краси́выйkrasívyj, ми́лыйmílyj

    фа́йнийfájnyj

  5. Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.

  6. Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.

  7. 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.

    Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!

  8. Senses referring to objective quality.

    Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.

    The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.

  9. Sunny and not raining.

    herrlich

    хоро́шийxoróšij, я́сныйjásnyj, сухо́йsuxój

  10. Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.

    Grind it into a fine powder.

    When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.

    ме́лкийmélkij, то́нкийtónkij

    of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles

  11. Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.

    The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.

    filigran

    то́нкийtónkij, худо́йxudój

  12. Made of slender or thin filaments.

    They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.

    filigran

    то́нкийtónkij

    thin in thickness or diameter

Examples

2383 sentences
  1. I hope it'll be fine tomorrow.

    Сподіваюся, що завтра буде добра погода.

    ruНадеюсь, завтра будет хорошая погода.

    deHoffentlich wird es morgen heiter.

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  2. Tom is going to be fine.

    З Томом усе буде гаразд.

    deTom wird es gut gehen.

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  3. I'm sure everything will be fine.

    Я певна, що все буде гаразд.

    ruУверен, всё будет хорошо.

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  4. Tom will be fine, won't he?

    З Томом усе буде гаразд, правда?

    ruС Томом всё будет в порядке, правда?

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  5. Tom and Mary are doing fine.

    У Тома та Мері все добре.

    ruУ Тома и Мэри всё в порядке.

    deTom und Maria geht es gut.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
good-looking, attractive:
Русский
By meaning 6
of superior quality:
being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory:
good-looking, attractive:
of weather: sunny and not raining:
made up of particularly small pieces:
particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
of superior quality:
being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory:
good-looking, attractive:
of weather: sunny and not raining:
particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth:

Origin

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure orig

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.

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Forms

finer, finest
Comparativefiner Lesson
Superlativefinest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfineness

Collocations

12 patterns
  • doing doing fine
  • will be fine
  • be fine tomorrow
  • doing just fine
  • to be fine
  • doing fine
  • be fined for
  • fine tomorrow
  • fine line between
  • get along fine
  • everything is fine
  • be just fine

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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