fine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Adjective 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Antonyms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.1.3 Adverb 1.1.3.1 Synonyms 1.1.3.2 Translations 1.1.4 Noun 1.1.5 Verb 1.1.5.1 Synonyms 1.1.5.2 Related terms 1.1.5.3 Translations 1.1.6 Derived terms 1.1.7 Related terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Usage notes 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Adjective 3 Ido 3.1 Adverb 4 Irish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Adjective 5.3.1 Synonyms 5.4 Noun 5.4.1 Synonyms 5.4.2 Antonyms 5.5 Noun 5.5.1 Synonyms 5.5.2 Related terms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Adjective 7 Swedish 7.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English fin < Old French fin (“‘fine, minute, exact’”), probably < Latin finitus (“‘literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded)’”), pp. of finere (“‘to limit, bound, define, terminate, finish’”) < finis (“‘a limit, end’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /faɪn/, SAMPA: /faIn/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

fine (comparative finer, superlative finest)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
4. (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
   • "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."
5. (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
   • "That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation."
6. Consisting of especially minute particulate; 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.
7. 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.
8. Made of slender or thin filaments.
   • They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
9. Subtle, delicately balanced.
   • The fine distinction between lender of last resort and a bail-out ... (The Independent).
10. (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
    • ... to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four ...

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• (of superior quality): good, excellent
• (informal) (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory): all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory
• (made up of particularly small pieces): fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained
• (made of slender or thin filaments): fine-threaded

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• (made up of particularly small pieces): coarse
• (made of slender or thin filaments): coarse

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[edit] Adverb

fine (comparative more fine, superlative most fine)

1. expression of agreement

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• (expression of agreement) all right, alright, OK, very well

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[edit] Noun

fine (plural fines)

1. (usually plural) something that is fine; fine particles
   • They filtered silt and fines out of the oil.

[edit] Verb

to fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)

1. (transitive) to make finer, purer, or cleaner
2. (intransitive) to become finer, purer, or cleaner
3. (transitive) to clarify (wine and beer) by filtration

[edit] Synonyms

• (to make or become finer, purer, or cleaner): clarify, refine, purify

[edit] Related terms

• (clarify by filtration): finings

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[edit] Related terms

• final
• finite

[edit] Etymology 2

Old French fin (“‘end’”), from Mediaeval Latin finis (“‘a payment in settlement or tax’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /faɪn/, SAMPA: /faIn/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}

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fine (plural fines)

1. A payment or fee issued as punishment for breaking the law.
   • The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.

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to fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)

1. (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
   • She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Italian fine ("end").

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: fē'nā, IPA: /ˈfiːneɪ/, SAMPA: /"fi:neI/

[edit] Noun

fine (plural fines)

1. (music) The end of a musical composition.
2. (music) 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.

[edit] Usage notes

This word is virtually never used in speech and thereby essentially confined to musical notation.

[edit] Derived terms

• da capo al fine=D.C. al fine

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[edit] French

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fine f

1. feminine form of fin

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Adverb

fine

1. finally

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish fine < Proto-Celtic *weniyā (“‘family’”) < Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“‘desire’”); cf. Old English wine (“‘friend’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfʲɪnʲɪ]

[edit] Noun

fine f.

1. family group

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fine finte Vocative a fhine a fhinte Genitive fine finte Dative fine finte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhine na finte Genitive na fine na bhfinte Dative leis an bhfine don fhine leis na finte

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[edit] Italian

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Latin finis

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•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

fine m and f (m and f plural fini)

1. thin
2. fine
3. refined

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• (thin): sottile
• (refined): elegante

[edit] Noun

fine f. (plural fini)

1. end

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• conclusione
• finale

[edit] Antonyms

• inizio
• principio

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fine m. (plural fini)

1. aim, purpose, end

   il fine giustifica i mezzi - the ends justifies the means

[edit] Synonyms

• scopo
• obiettivo

[edit] Related terms

• alla fine
• alla fin fine
• al fine di
• in fin dei conti
• finale
• finezza
• finire
• fino
• alla fine
• fine settimana
• infine
• senza fine

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adjective

fine

1. Plural of fin.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Adjective

fine

1. see fin