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fine [1]  (finer comparative) (finest superlative ) (ADJECTIVE USES) 
1  adj You use fine to describe something that you admire and think is very good. 
usu ADJ n 
There is a fine view of the countryside..., This is a fine book., ...London's finest art deco cinema.  
♦  finely  adv ADV -ed 
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. 
v-link ADJ 
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. 
usu v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf 
The skiing is fine..., Everything was going to be just fine..., It's fine to ask questions as we go along, but it's better if you wait until we have finished.  
  Fine is also an adverb., adv 
All the instruments are working 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..., If you don't want to give it to me, that's fine, I don't mind...  
5  adj Something that is fine is very delicate, narrow, or small. 
usu ADJ n  (Antonym: coarse)  The heat scorched the fine hairs on her arms...  
♦  finely  adv ADV with v  (Antonym: coarsely)  Chop the ingredients finely and mix them together.  
6  adj Fine objects or clothing are of good quality, delicate, and expensive. 
usu ADJ n 
We waited in our fine clothes...  
7  adj A fine detail or distinction is very delicate, small, or exact. 
usu ADJ n 
The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.  
♦  finely  adv usu ADV -ed, also ADV after v 
They had to take the finely balanced decision to let the visit proceed...  
♦  fineness  n-uncount oft N of n 
...a sense of quality and fineness of detail.  
8  adj A fine person is someone you consider good, moral, and worth admiring. 
usu ADJ n  (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.  

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