📒 in good health
- ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
- I was feeling fine when I got up this morning.
- ‘How’s your throat?’ ‘It’s fine as long as I don’t cough.’
📒 of high quality; good
- a very fine performance
- fine clothes/wines/workmanship
- It's a particularly fine example of Saxon architecture.
📒 used to tell somebody that an action, a suggestion or a decision is acceptable
- ‘I'll leave this here, OK?’ ‘Fine.’
- fine by somebody ‘Bob wants to know if he can come too.’ ‘That's fine by me.’
- fine with somebody If you don't agree, that's fine with him.
📒 used to say you are satisfied with something
- Don't worry. Your speech was fine.
- Other than a few damp spots, the place looked fine.
- to sound/seem fine
📒 bright and not raining
- a fine day/evening
- I hope it stays fine for the picnic.
- It was a fine sunny morning.
📒 pleasant to look at
- a fine view
- a fine-looking woman
- a fine figure of a man
📒 made of very small grains
- fine sand
- Use a finer piece of sandpaper to finish.
- The top 8 inches of earth is very fine, made up of river sediment.
📒 attractive and small or thin
- fine bone china
- She has inherited her mother's fine features (= a small nose, mouth, etc.).
📒 very thin or narrow; made of very thin or narrow wires or threads
- His fine blond hair came down almost to his shoulders.
- a fine thread
- I need a brush with a fine tip.
📒 difficult to see or describe
- You really need a magnifying glass to appreciate all the fine detail.
- There's no need to make such fine distinctions.
- There's a fine line between love and hate (= it is easy for one to become the other).
📒 that you have a lot of respect for
📒 sounding important and impressive but unlikely to have any effect
- His speech was full of fine words which meant nothing.
📒 containing only a particular metal and no other substances that reduce the quality
📒 people say chance would be a fine thing to show that they would like to do or have the thing that somebody has mentioned, but that they do not think that it is very likely
📒 the more complicated or detailed aspects of something
- She seems at ease discussing the finer points of foreign policy.
- He learnt the finer points of cricket during a trip to London.
📒 healthy; in good condition
- The team is in fine fettle.
- Park Foods is in fine fettle after selling off all non-core businesses.
📒 used to emphasize something that is expressed clearly and directly, especially a criticism
- Not to put too fine a point on it, I think you are lying.
📒 to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake
- He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
- She often seems to tread a thin line between success and failure.
- His comedy treads the line between shocking and sickening.