| ADJECTIVE | all | fine, all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory, cool | being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition |
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| all | fine | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning / meaning | |
| all | fine | thin in thickness or diameter | |
| all | fine | characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | |
| all | fine | of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | |
| all | fine | free from impurities | |
| NOUN | possession | fine, mulct, amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
| ADVERB | all | fine, very well, alright, all right, OK | an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence |
| all | fine, finely, delicately, exquisitely | in a delicate manner | |
| VERB | social | fine, ticket | issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty |
| Sounds | fay'n | |
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| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. | |
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| Synonyms | all right, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory, cool | |
| Broader | satisfactory | Giving satisfaction |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | bien, correcto | |
| Catalan | bé, correcte, d'acord | |
| Meaning | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning / meaning. | |
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| Example | "a fine distinction" | |
| Broader | precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| Spanish | fino, sutil | |
| Catalan | fi | |
| Meaning | Thin in thickness or diameter. | |
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| Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
| Nouns | fineness | the property of being very narrow or thin |
| Meaning | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. | |
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| Broader | elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style |
| Spanish | elegante, fino | |
| Adverbs | finely | in an elegant manner |
| Meaning | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles. | |
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| Attribute of | texture | The feel of a surface or a fabric |
| Narrower | close, tight | Of textiles |
| close-grained, fine-grained | dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells | |
| dustlike | As fine and powdery as dust | |
| floury | resembling flour in fine powdery texture | |
| nongranular | not having granules | |
| powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained | Consisting of fine particles | |
| small | Have fine or very small constituent particles | |
| superfine | Of extremely fine size or texture | |
| See also | smooth | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
| Opposite | coarse, harsh | Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles |
| Spanish | fino | |
| Nouns | fineness | having a very fine texture |
| Adverbs | finely | in tiny pieces |
| Meaning | Free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity. | |
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| Example | "gold 21 carats fine" | |
| Category | metallurgy | The science and technology of metals |
| Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| Spanish | puro, refinado | |
| Meaning | money extracted as a penalty. | |
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| Synonyms | mulct, amercement | |
| Narrower | library fine | fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned |
| Broader | penalty | A payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
| Spanish | amercement, multa | |
| Catalan | amercement, multa, sanció pecuniària | |
| Verbs | fine | issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty |
| Meaning | An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. | |
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| Synonyms | very well, alright, all right, OK | |
| Spanish | bien | |
| Meaning | In a delicate manner. | |
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| Synonyms | finely, delicately, exquisitely | |
| Spanish | bien, delicadamente, exquisitamente, finamente | |
| Catalan | delicadament | |
| Meaning | issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street" | |
| Synonym | ticket | |
| Narrower | amerce | punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court |
| Broader | book | record a charge in a police register |
| Spanish | multar | |
| Catalan | multar | |
| Nouns | fine | money extracted as a penalty |
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