Définition "fine" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

fine [¹] (finer comparative) (finest superlative ) (ADJECTIVE USES)

1  adj You use fine to describe something that you admire and think is very good.
There is a fine view of the countryside...
♦ finely  adv
They are finely engineered boats.

2 adj If you say that you are fine, you mean that you are in good health or reasonably happy.
Lina is fine and sends you her love and best wishes.

3 adj If you say that something is fine, you mean that it is satisfactory or acceptable.
The skiing is fine...

4 convention You say `fine' or `that's fine' to show that you do not object to an arrangement, action, or situation that has been suggested., (formulae) If competition is the best way to achieve it, then, fine...

5  adj Something that is fine is very delicate, narrow, or small., (Antonym: coarse) The heat scorched the fine hairs on her arms...
♦ finely  adv
(Antonym: coarsely) Chop the ingredients finely and mix them together.

6 adj Fine objects or clothing are of good quality, delicate, and expensive.
We waited in our fine clothes...

7  adj A fine detail or distinction is very delicate, small, or exact.
The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.
♦ finely  adv
They had to take the finely balanced decision to let the visit proceed...
♦ fineness  n-uncount
...a sense of quality and fineness of detail.

8 adj A fine person is someone you consider good, moral, and worth admiring., (approval) He was an excellent journalist and a very fine man.

9 adj When the weather is fine, the sun is shining and it is not raining.
He might be doing a spot of gardening if the weather is fine.