Noun (1) a $50 fine for speeding “Is there anything wrong?” “No, everything's fine.” The house looks fine to me. Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More. …

That's a fine (= very unpleasant) thing to say about your father after all he's done for you! He picked a fine time to leave us.

1. excellent or choice in quality; very good of its kind: a fine speech. 2. superior in skill, ability, or accomplishment: a fine violinist.

If you say that something is fine, you mean that it is satisfactory or acceptable. 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 …

Idioms cut fine, to calculate precisely, esp. without allowing for possible error or accident: To finish in ten minutes is to cut it too fine.

Dec 15, 2025 · Senses referring to subjective 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. "That's a …

Fine definition: Very small in size, weight, or thickness.

satisfactory or acceptable; okay: The story is fine for a class assignment but not good enough to publish in the school paper. It's fine with me if you don't want to go.

Fine: A fine is a monetary penalty imposed as a punishment or consequence for a violation of a rule, law, contract, or societal norms. It serves as a deterrent to discourage individuals from engaging in …

fine: A sum of money required to be paid especially to the government as a penalty for an offense.