fine
Very good or nice.
Of high quality or meeting expectations; very good or satisfactory.
Okay; not bad.
Satisfactory or acceptable, though not necessarily very good.
Healthy and feeling good.
In good health or condition; not injured or sick.
Money you must pay when you break a law or rule.
A sum of money required to be paid as a penalty for breaking a law or rule.
To make someone pay money because they broke a law or rule.
To order someone to pay money as a penalty for breaking a law or rule.
Thin or with many small details.
Consisting of very small particles, threads, or details; thin and delicate in structure.
- Base: fine
- Comparative: finer
- Superlative: finest
- Base: fine
- Plural: fines
- Base: fine
- 3rd Person Singular: fines
- Present Participle: fining
- Past: fined
cut it fine
1Allow little time before deadline/event
To leave only a small amount of time before something happens, often risking being late.
- We’re cutting it fine if we leave at 8 for the 8:30 train.
- She cut it fine, arriving just as the meeting started.
fine line between [A] and [B]
1Small difference between two things
A very small difference between two things that seem similar.
- There’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance.
- It’s a fine line between being helpful and being annoying.
in fine form
1In excellent condition/performance state
Doing something very well; in great condition or mood.
- The team was in fine form during the match.
- She’s in fine form today, telling jokes nonstop.
that's fine by me
1It’s acceptable to me
It is okay for me; I agree with it.
- If you want to start earlier, that's fine by me.
- We can meet at your place if that's fine by me.
levy a fine
1officially impose a monetary penalty
To order someone to pay money as a punishment for breaking a rule or law.
- The authorities levied a fine on the company for safety breaches.
- The court may levy a fine if you fail to appear.
- They can levy fines on businesses that violate regulations.
- Regulators can levy a fine on companies that lie about their products.
- The agency levied a fine for repeated safety violations.