Fine Definition

fīn
fined, finer, fines, finest, fining
adjective
finer, finest
Finished; perfected.
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Superior in quality; better than average; excellent; very good.
A fine sample.
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Of exceptional character or ability.
A fine teacher.
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With no impurities; refined.
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Containing a specified proportion of pure metal.
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adverb
Finely.
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Very well; all right.
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Expression of agreement.
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verb
fined, fines, fining
To make or become finer, purer, or cleaner.
American Heritage
To make or become fine or finer.
Webster's New World
To require the payment of a fine from.
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To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.

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(obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.

Wiktionary
noun
fines

A finish; end; conclusion: obs. except in in fine (see phrase below)

Webster's New World
A sum of money paid to settle a matter; esp., a sum required to be paid as punishment or penalty for an offense.
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The end: a note marking the close of a repetition.
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The end.
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An amount of money paid as a penalty for a criminal or civil infraction.
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idiom
in fine
  • In conclusion; finally.
  • In summation; in brief.
American Heritage
in fine
  • in conclusion
  • in brief
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Other Word Forms of Fine

Noun

Singular:
fine
Plural:
fines

Adjective

Base Form:
fine
Comparative:
finer
Superlative:
finest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fine

Origin of Fine

  • From Middle English fin, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), probably, from Latin finitus (“literally finished (used as an adjective by Cicero, of words, well rounded)”), past participle of fīnīre (“to limit, bound, define, terminate, finish”), from finis (“a limit, end”).

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  • Middle English fin from Old French settlement, compensation from Medieval Latin fīnis from Latin end

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English fin from Old French from Latin fīnis end, supreme degree

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French fin (“end”), from Medieval Latin finis (“a payment in settlement or tax”)

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  • Old French finer, French finir. See finish (transitive verb).

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from Latin fīnis end

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian fine ("end").

    From Wiktionary

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