fine

CEFRA1

/ˈfaɪ̯n/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Of good quality or acceptable standard.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Senses referring to subjective quality.

Examples

  • I got a parking fine for parking on double yellow lines.

  • Judging from the look of the sky, it will be fine tomorrow.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfɑɪ̯n/
  • /ˈfiːneɪ/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of superior quality.

  2. Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.

  3. Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.

More examples

In context

  • You're by my side; everything's fine now.

  • Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.

  • The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.

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Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.