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Cosa (chi) è Fine - definizione
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Fine (law); Fine (disambiguation); Fine (song)
fine
fine1 [f??n]
¦ adjective
1. of very high quality.
satisfactory.
healthy and feeling well.
(of the weather) bright and clear.
(of speech or writing) sounding impressive but ultimately insincere: fine words.
(of gold or silver) containing a specified high proportion of pure metal.
2. very thin: fine hair.
consisting of small particles.
of delicate or intricate workmanship.
subtle and therefore perceptible with difficulty: a fine distinction.
(of a faculty) sensitive and discriminating.
3. Cricket behind the wicket and close to the line of flight of the bowling.
¦ noun (fines) very small particles found in mining or milling.
¦ adverb
1. informal in a satisfactory or pleasing manner.
2. Cricket to a fine position.
¦ verb
1. clarify (beer or wine) by causing the precipitation of sediment.
2. (usu. fine something down or fine down) make or become thinner.
3. (fine up) N. English & Austral./NZ informal (of the weather) become bright and clear.
Phrases
cut it (or things) fine allow a very small margin of time.
one's finer feelings one's conscience or sense of morality.
one's finest hour the time of one's greatest success.
not to put too fine a point on it speak bluntly.
Derivatives
finely adverb
fineness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. fin, based on L. finire (see finish).
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fine2 [f??n]
¦ noun a sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority.
¦ verb punish by a fine.
Derivatives
fineable adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. fin 'end, payment', from L. finis 'end' (in med. L. denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit).
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fine3 [fi:n]
¦ noun
1. French brandy of high quality made from distilled wine.
2. short for fine champagne.
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fine4 ['fi:ne?]
¦ noun Music the place where a piece of music finishes (when at the end of a repeated section rather than at the end of the score).
Origin
Ital., from L. finis 'end'.
fine
I. ADJECTIVE USES
(finer, finest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use fine to describe something that you admire and think is very good.
There is a fine view of the countryside...
This is a fine book.
...London's finest art deco cinema.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• finely
They are finely engineered boats.
ADV: ADV -ed
2.
If you say that you are fine, you mean that you are in good health or reasonably happy.
Lina is fine and sends you her love and best wishes.
ADJ: v-link ADJ
3.
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 wait until we have finished.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
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Fine is also an adverb.
All the instruments are working fine.
ADV
4.
You say 'fine' or 'that's fine' to show that you do not object to an arrangement, action, or situation that has been suggested.
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...
CONVENTION [formulae]
5.
Something that is fine is very delicate, narrow, or small.
The heat scorched the fine hairs on her arms...
? coarse
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• finely
Chop the ingredients finely and mix them together.
? coarsely
ADV: ADV with v
6.
Fine objects or clothing are of good quality, delicate, and expensive.
We waited in our fine clothes...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
7.
A fine detail or distinction is very delicate, small, or exact.
The market likes the broad outline but is reserving judgment on the fine detail.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• finely
They had to take the finely balanced decision to let the visit proceed...
ADV: usu ADV -ed, also ADV after v
• fineness
...a sense of quality and fineness of detail.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
8.
A fine person is someone you consider good, moral, and worth admiring.
He was an excellent journalist and a very fine man.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval]
9.
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.
ADJ
II. PUNISHMENT
(fines, fining, fined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A fine is a punishment in which a person is ordered to pay a sum of money because they have done something illegal or broken a rule.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone is fined, they are punished by being ordered to pay a sum of money because they have done something illegal or broken a rule.
She was fined ?300 and banned from driving for one month...
An east London school has set a precedent by fining pupils who break the rules.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
Fine
·superl (Used ironically.).
II. Fine ·superl Not coarse, gross, or heavy.
III. Fine ·vi To pay a fine. ·see Fine, ·noun, 3 (b).
IV. Fine ·superl Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
V. Fine ·noun End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
VI. Fine ·superl Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
VII. Fine ·superl Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
VIII. Fine ·superl Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
IX. Fine ·superl Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
X. Fine ·superl Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
XI. Fine ·add. ·adv Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.
XII. Fine ·adj To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, ·etc.; as. to fine the soil.
XIV. Fine ·noun A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
XVI. Fine ·superl Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
XVII. Fine ·superl Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
XVIII. Fine ·adj To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
XIX. Fine ·add. ·vi To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined.
XX. Fine ·noun A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
XXI. Fine ·superl Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
XXII. Fine ·add. ·adv In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
XXIII. Fine ·noun A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
XXIV. Fine ·noun To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to Mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per Fine
1. They offer "fine weather, fine wine, fine houses, fine jobs, fine beaches and fine universities" to the students and skilled workers–such as plumbers and electricians they are hoping to attract to South Australia.
2. I‘d say, "I‘m fine, I‘m fine" – until I was arrested.
3. "Both are fine people and fine players," said Richards.
4. Thousands of pieces of fine–art works were displayed at the national fine–art shows and exhibitions to enrich the treasury of the Juche–oriented fine–art.
5. I‘ll be fine, Mom.‘ " She wondered if he would be fine.