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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fine
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beautiful/fine/sunny morning
▪ Outside it was a beautiful morning.
a fine balance (=hard to achieve)
▪ Teachers need to strike a fine balance of flexibility and control.
a fine/excellent example
▪ The house is a fine example of a medieval building.
a fine/great performance
▪ There are fine performances by Kathy Bates and Daryl Hannah.
a fine/light mist
▪ A fine mist began to settle on the water.
a fine/magnificent/spectacular/dazzling display (=a very good one)
▪ The museum has a magnificent display of silver.
a fine/subtle distinction (=small)
▪ Language enables us to make fine distinctions between similar ideas.
a fine/warm/cool etc evening
▪ It was a fine evening, so we decide to eat outside.
a good/fine/great actor
▪ He had a reputation as a fine actor.
a great/fine/impressive achievement (=one that deserves to be admired)
▪ Winning the award was a great achievement.
feel fine/good/comfortable etc
▪ I’m feeling a little better today.
▪ Marie immediately felt guilty.
fine and dandy
▪ We’re at our hotel, and everything is fine and dandy.
fine art
▪ Can photography be considered fine art?
fine cotton (=thin and good quality)
▪ For summer, fine cotton is more comfortable.
fine line
▪ There is a fine line between superstition and religion.
fine lines
▪ There were fine lines around her eyes.
fine print
fine rain (=very gentle rain)
▪ A fine rain was coming down as the game started.
Fine, thanks
▪ ‘Hi, Bill, how are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’
fine wine (=a good and expensive wine)
▪ He was a lover of fine wines and good food.
fine (=thin)
▪ Her hair is so fine, it’s difficult to style.
fine/minute/precise detail (=very exact detail)
▪ We've been through all the arrangements for the wedding in minute detail.
fine/sunny/fair/dry
▪ If the weather is fine, we’ll eat outside.
▪ Water pot plants daily during spells of dry weather.
fine/thin
▪ Use a piece of fine wire to clear the obstruction.
give sb a fine/a sentence
▪ If you don’t pay on time, you could be given a fine of up to $1,000.
go well/smoothly/fine etc
▪ The party went well.
▪ Everything’s going fine at the moment.
have/get sth down to a fine art (=do something very well)
▪ I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.
heavy fines
▪ If found guilty, they face heavy fines or even prison.
in good/fine/great form
▪ He’s been in good form all this season.
in great/grand/fine etc style
▪ Nadal won the match in fine style, not losing a single game.
levy a tax/charge/fine etc (on sth)
▪ a new tax levied on all electrical goods
maximum sentence/penalty/fine etc
▪ She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
sb’s finest moment (=when someone was most successful or admired)
▪ The performance was one of the band’s finest moments.
stiff sentence/penalty/fine
▪ calls for stiffer penalties for rapists
suit sb fineinformal:
▪ Either Monday or Tuesday would suit me fine for our meeting.
the finer points of sth (=the small details)
▪ I’m afraid I don’t understand the finer points of the game.
the finer points of sth (=small details about the qualities or features of something)
▪ I'm afraid I'm not interested in the finer points of cars.
turn out well/badly/fine etc
▪ It was a difficult time, but eventually things turned out all right.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
just
▪ Mrs Stych, in a frantic hurry, had said that he was out but that he was fine, just fine.
▪ If one deadline is not met, the next one will do just fine.
▪ A lock would do just fine.
▪ A state-of-the-art copying machine or a digital printer works just fine.
▪ Control said all that was just fine, and to stand by for instructions.
▪ And when, on the street, guys asked how he was doing he said just fine.
▪ However, comparable is just fine.
■ NOUN
art
▪ Some are veritable campuses where students can learn about logarithms as well as lobs, fine arts as well a s fitness training.
▪ I create fine art from found objects, and also work extensively in faux stone.
▪ Virtually any publication other than a fine art title or a typographically critical one could be happily output at 1,000dpi.
▪ He came to Teesside from Newcastle where he ran a fine art print workshop.
▪ Modern art is directed at a public largely untutored in the fine arts amidst a rapid expansion of the means of communication.
▪ Camp Stevens, Julian; for fine art.
collection
▪ Investigating officers hope to seize the car, house and a fine collection of designer jewels at a hearing this spring.
▪ Compton House, another stately home, houses a fine collection of butterflies from all over the world.
▪ But this was by then certainly one of the finest collections of its kind, if not the finest, in existence.
▪ The first rooms here contain very fine collections of stove tiles from the medieval period and the Renaissance.
▪ A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
▪ In the original engine shed there is a fine collection of Great Western steam locomotives and there are many carriages and wagons.
▪ Why had her twin gone to Paris, even with the inducement of modelling Roman's finest collection?
▪ We have one of the largest and finest collections of antique furniture in the country.
day
▪ On fine days it woke him up in the morning.
▪ July 10, in unimaginably neat and flourishing script, read, Fine fine day.
▪ One fine day, this innocent tigress is suddenly tamed by a modest teacher who teaches her to read.
▪ Le Bon Seigneur had been merciful to the Grand Duke and accorded him a fine day.
▪ Day broke with every promise of a fine day.
▪ It looked as though it was going to be another fine day.
▪ For instance, when we rise up in the morning, and it is a fine day, we feel pleased.
detail
▪ There are a few finer details to be worked out, a couple of modifications and so on, and some more costing.
▪ These are only rough paraphrases, and we leave the finer details to the brave reader.
▪ The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre, and all the fine details of its ornament.
▪ With each passing year, geophysicists get closer to mapping the layer in fine detail.
▪ There were twenty-five, covering the entire city in fine detail.
▪ She reported on his' good imagination, something which shows up particularly in his drawings which always contain fine detail,.
▪ Studies of the finer detail show that each major zone includes several types of neurons and a great variety of nervous connections.
▪ Technology was to transform not only the actual level of the land, but also the fine details of the wetland landscapes.
example
▪ The finest example is that adjacent to the forum, the Forum Baths.
▪ It was a fine example of the anesthetizing power of banality.
▪ A fine example is the antlered hunter in the Grotte des Trois Frères.
▪ Ephesus is one of the finest examples of these.
▪ These are in low relief and are fine examples.
▪ The accommodation has been exclusively designed and is a fine example of Jongert's famous joinery work.
▪ One of the finest examples used to be de Valois' dance for the Three Comforters in Job.
▪ It is a fine example of Bohemian Renaissance Revival.
form
▪ The chorus is on fine form, and the orchestra plays sensitively.
▪ Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
▪ And it was not all deep depression yesterday, with the likes of Boots and Morgan Grenfell in fine form.
▪ Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.
▪ Opener Ramiz Raja started the tour in fine form, with an innings of 172 against Worcestershire.
▪ Nicholson's fine form since his move to new stables over the summer adds to confidence.
▪ Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
hair
▪ It flings its fine hairs in the face of the assailant, in a dense cloud.
▪ And rollers will make fine hair look thicker instantly.
▪ It shows itself only to the most powerful of microscopes as a speck, one-fiftieth of a strand of fine hair.
▪ Charles Worthington, who transformed Aimee's looks, stresses the importance of giving fine hair a definite shape and style.
▪ Their bristles were made from the finest hair available, taken from inside the ear of a goat.
▪ Hiller wondered if the fine hairs of gecko feet might exploit these forces.
▪ Its gentle formulation is ideal for fine hair and, as you can see, the results were stunning!
line
▪ Pressed powder can be used but it will sit on your skin and in fine lines if you overdo it.
▪ There is clearly a fine line between stifling government intervention and encouraging creativity and innovation.
▪ Terror was the key, of course, for there's a fine line between paralysing dread and galvanising fright.
▪ It was finished, obviously, and he had to take consolation in the fine line be-tween biology and spirit.
▪ The final section considers the fine line between the explication of research methodology and confession.
▪ I was walking a fine line between my old community and my new school.
▪ He is given some fine lines on the claims of the state, which alone preserves the people, to total obedience.
▪ Mr Rubin is walking a fine line.
man
▪ Really sad case, that, because he'd been a fine man.
▪ Ben's a fine man, but he does talk so much.
▪ Bedwyr, the poet and dreamer, who suffered ten times over for one grief, was the finer man.
▪ They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine.
▪ He was the finest man she had ever seen!
▪ He was a fine man, Con Meredith-Lee.
▪ And he was a fine man, a good man.
▪ I travelled in and they did an interview which a fine man called Peter Canham heard on his car radio.
points
▪ His elucidation of the finer points of betting is also excellent.
▪ The Puritans had no more interest in astronomy or physics than in the fine points of Catholic theology.
▪ The bright canary-yellow tail is deeply forked with long, fine points.
▪ How do they learn the fine points of masculinity in our culture?
▪ We don't really need to know these finer points.
▪ And the more fine points she made, the more detail she provided, the more Beloved liked it.
▪ It hasn't learned this behaviour; it was born with it, though it gradually learns the finer points.
▪ At least he would understand the fine points of its design.
print
▪ Primarily, documentary was thought of as having a goal beyond the production of a fine print.
▪ You submit your offer on Form 656, but read the fine print on the back.
▪ His agent was sorting out the fine print.
▪ Phil did not read the fine print.
▪ But can an auction house ever hope to vet a customer's finances with an auditor's eye for the fine print?
▪ When comparing companies, beware of fine print that can spell significant differences.
▪ It really is important to shop around and read the fine print to find the best deal.
▪ They did so simply by reading the fine print and slithering through the loophole that yawned, obvious and inviting, therein.
style
▪ But although she slammed the phone down in fine style, she was shaken horribly.
▪ I won the 200 metres in fine style, clocking my best indoor time of 21.05 seconds.
▪ The façade is late Renaissance, with friezes and status in fine style.
▪ United began to step up their pressure and took the lead after 30 minutes when Sharpe celebrated his recall in fine style.
▪ Ian led the pack in fine style, well supported by second rower Warren Aspinall until he retired with a damaged shoulder.
▪ The orchestral accompaniment her was again alert, matching the pianist's skill in fine style.
▪ Organized group travel had begun in fine style.
▪ The stock market sees out 1989 in fine style.
thing
▪ It will be a fine thing if the Conservative chairman loses his seat whatever the outcome of the election.
▪ What a relief to find that in the midst of change, some of the finer things stay the same.
▪ The cities were beautiful and adorned with all the fine things of the globe.
▪ It was the finest thing she had ever done; promotion could not be denied her now, whatever Big Zag said.
▪ His politics are not of the kind which nurture nastiness; he was fashioned for finer things.
▪ Burton always thought it the finest thing he ever did.
▪ How I would have liked to play that, I thought, but chance would be a fine thing.
view
▪ I had a fine view from my sitting-room window.
▪ There are fine views and much wildlife of interest including deer.
▪ On the top floor of the building, with a fine view of the castle.
▪ Park Hotel A picturesque building of white walls and crow-stepped gables with a fine view of the Tweed.
▪ The drawing room and dining room are furnished prettily in Laura Ashley décor and have very fine views.
▪ There are four bedrooms, all with en suite or private facilities and fine views.
▪ From the one at the back was a fine view across the City to Harnham Hill and the Raceplain beyond.
▪ There is a fine view of the castle from here.
wine
▪ Enjoy with your Tandoori special fine wines, draught or bottled beer.
▪ He dines at the best restaurants, drinks fine wines and beds whomever attracts him.
▪ Excellent lunch with fine wines and liqueurs.
▪ Kikkoman Soy Sauce takes a full 6 months to naturally ferment, just like a fine wine.
▪ This is an astonishingly fine wine with great concentration and wonderful flavors of black cherry, chocolate, black raspberry and herbs.
▪ The appreciation of fine wine and the appreciation of fine intellectual distinctions often go together.
▪ Goddard describes the nuances of some of these teas the way a wine connoisseur speaks of fine wines.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine figure of a man/woman
▪ Vellios was a fine figure of a man.
be in good/fine/great etc form
▪ At least he is in good form again.
▪ Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.
▪ Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
▪ Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
▪ I was in good form that night.
▪ Office manager is on holiday this week., and assistant manager are in good form.
▪ That is our strength and our forwards are in good form at the moment.
chance would be a fine thing!
cut a fine/strange etc figure
cut it/things fine
go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb
have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair
in fine/good fettle
▪ When I visited Mahatma Gandhi again at the end of June, 1946, he was in fine fettle.
not to put too fine a point on it
the fine arts
the small/fine print
▪ But trading standards officers and the Consumers' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print.
▪ He starts to read one, clearly hoping to find the answer in the small print.
▪ His agent was sorting out the fine print.
▪ It is the broker's job to make sure the haulier fully understands the small print of the exemption and other clauses.
▪ It ought to be the fine print, not the screaming headline.
▪ New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours' efficacy, so check the small print on the pack!
▪ You submit your offer on Form 656, but read the fine print on the back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "How's your wife now?'' "Oh, she's fine, thank you.''
▪ "I could cook something for dinner." "That's okay - a sandwich is fine with me."
▪ fine jewelry
▪ Fine, then, I'll do it myself.
▪ a fine chiffon veil with embroidered edges
▪ A fine coating of dust covered most of the furniture.
▪ a fine spring evening
▪ Cut the onion into fine slices.
▪ I met this fine Italian girl at school.
▪ It can take several days of fine weather for the grass to dry out.
▪ It handles like a fine sports car.
▪ Next week will be fine but a little cooler.
▪ Scientists are now able to measure fine distinctions between levels of sleep depth.
▪ the fine tuning on the radio
▪ The collar is made of finest English lace.
▪ The train passes near Gate Manor, a fine Victorian mock Jacobean hall.
▪ Trinity Church is a fine example of Gothic architecture.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A.. One of the nice things about running for chairman is the people who ran against me were fine people.
▪ Enjoy with your Tandoori special fine wines, draught or bottled beer.
▪ For Lochlin and Sandy Reidy, corporate life and family life make a perfectly fine blend, and they should know.
▪ I had a fine view from my sitting-room window.
▪ It caused a fine flap and the Election Board had no choice but to conduct an inquiry.
▪ The charcoal glen plaids are distinctive for their fine royal blue lines.
II.adverb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine figure of a man/woman
▪ Vellios was a fine figure of a man.
be in good/fine/great etc form
▪ At least he is in good form again.
▪ Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.
▪ Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
▪ Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
▪ I was in good form that night.
▪ Office manager is on holiday this week., and assistant manager are in good form.
▪ That is our strength and our forwards are in good form at the moment.
chance would be a fine thing!
cut a fine/strange etc figure
cut it/things fine
go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb
have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair
in fine/good fettle
▪ When I visited Mahatma Gandhi again at the end of June, 1946, he was in fine fettle.
not to put too fine a point on it
smooth-textured/coarse-textured/fine-textured etc
the fine arts
the small/fine print
▪ But trading standards officers and the Consumers' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print.
▪ He starts to read one, clearly hoping to find the answer in the small print.
▪ His agent was sorting out the fine print.
▪ It is the broker's job to make sure the haulier fully understands the small print of the exemption and other clauses.
▪ It ought to be the fine print, not the screaming headline.
▪ New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours' efficacy, so check the small print on the pack!
▪ You submit your offer on Form 656, but read the fine print on the back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I called the repairman, but of course the TV worked fine when he tried it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He said that that suited him fine, and that he was very excited about what I would make of it.
III.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
company
▪ If you fine an oil-spilling company ten times the value of the spilt oil, its insurance rates merely rise.
▪ In 1994, the state fined the company $ 741, 000 for safety violations.
▪ The state is also threatening to fine the company and to block salary increases for its managers.
court
▪ He was fined recently in kangaroo court and the pitchers offered to pay it.&038;.
magistrate
▪ Chelmsford magistrates fined him £2,600 and banned him for 18 months.
▪ City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence.
▪ The magistrates fined her £130 and disqualified her from driving for 19 months.
▪ The magistrates agreed - and fined him £250.
▪ Today Didcot magistrates fined the Atomic Energy Authority eight thousand pounds for breaking safety laws.
▪ Bedale magistrates fined him a total of £200 with £127 costs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine figure of a man/woman
▪ Vellios was a fine figure of a man.
be in good/fine/great etc form
▪ At least he is in good form again.
▪ Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.
▪ Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
▪ Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
▪ I was in good form that night.
▪ Office manager is on holiday this week., and assistant manager are in good form.
▪ That is our strength and our forwards are in good form at the moment.
chance would be a fine thing!
go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb
have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair
in fine/good fettle
▪ When I visited Mahatma Gandhi again at the end of June, 1946, he was in fine fettle.
not to put too fine a point on it
smooth-textured/coarse-textured/fine-textured etc
the fine arts
the small/fine print
▪ But trading standards officers and the Consumers' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print.
▪ He starts to read one, clearly hoping to find the answer in the small print.
▪ His agent was sorting out the fine print.
▪ It is the broker's job to make sure the haulier fully understands the small print of the exemption and other clauses.
▪ It ought to be the fine print, not the screaming headline.
▪ New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours' efficacy, so check the small print on the pack!
▪ You submit your offer on Form 656, but read the fine print on the back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Inspectors have the power to fine any passenger travelling without a ticket.
▪ One player was fined for fighting during the game.
▪ She was fined $300 for reckless driving.
▪ Stores will be fined for selling cigarettes or tobacco to minors.
▪ The company was fined $1.6 million for breaking environmental regulations.
▪ The state fined the company for safety violations.
▪ You will be fined for any lost library books.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And school governor is fined for importing pornographic material.
▪ Any young man whose waist went beyond the standard belt length was fined.
▪ He plead guilty and was fined $ 240.
▪ Instead, he complained, he had been brought to court, fined, whipped and sentenced to two months imprisonment.
▪ James Propp, Tsang and Guerin each were fined $ 82, 911&.
▪ Reports suggest he could be suspended several races next season and fined as much as $ 1 million.
▪ Tranmere Rovers manager John Aldridge has been fined after admitting misconduct.
IV.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
▪ The National Union of Mineworkers also had to pay heavy fines and suffer sequestration.
▪ He was ordered to compensate all of the victims of the fire and pay a heavy fine.
▪ It can also seek heavy fines on landlords who discriminate.
▪ Those violating the law could face heavy fines.
▪ If anyone failed to attend the muster, heavy fines and punishments could be imposed.
▪ Many faced heavy fines and the distraint of goods.
▪ Courts inflict heavy fines on egg thieves.
▪ If convicted they now face heavy fines, confiscation of goods, and even imprisonment.
hefty
▪ Restaurateurs have already been warned they could face hefty fines if they fail to join the Darlington Council register before April 3.
▪ The penalty: a five-year jail sentence and hefty fines.
▪ A hefty fine would help concentrate the mind and could save the lives of commuters.
▪ Threats of jail sentences and hefty fines aim to deter.
large
▪ It would normally be accompanied by large fines.
▪ Breaches of the peace were punished with large fines or imprisonment.
▪ It also has powers to carry out investigations and impose very large fines of up to 10% of turnover.
maximum
▪ In addition, a maximum fine of £1000 may be imposed on the defendant.
▪ In Oregon, removal of a roadkill can carry a maximum fine of $ 2, 500 and a year in jail.
▪ The board also urged the courts to impose the maximum fines on bum landlords.
▪ The charge carries a maximum fine of six months in prison and $ 50, 000.
stiff
▪ Under the rules, the Aintree executive could have faced stiff fines.
unlimited
▪ Act 1974 is liable to unlimited fines and/or up to two years imprisonment after conviction by a Crown Court.
▪ I mentioned the sentence of life imprisonment and the unlimited fines that are available for crimes involving knives.
▪ They could be jailed and given unlimited fines if found guilty.
■ VERB
face
▪ Accountants, lawyers and other professionals who engage in such business would face enormous fines and up to 10 years' imprisonment.
▪ Doctors and insurance companies faced federal fines and prison time for violating the rules.
▪ Payment dodgers will face a fine of £80.
▪ Teenagers caught driving without some one over 21 would face a $ 52 fine and three points docked from their driving records.
▪ Firms which ignore the requests could face fines of up to £400.
▪ Repeat violators will face fines of $ 100 or more.
▪ Those violating the law could face heavy fines.
▪ First-time violators face a $ 100 fine.
impose
▪ It imposed fines totalling £328,500 on 105 solicitors, compared with 76 solicitors fined an aggregate of £216,000 the year before.
▪ To impose fines of $ 1 million a day if the company continues to violate the settlement.
▪ Fines were also imposed and crippling fines were threatened.
▪ When no agreement was reached, the agency began imposing the fines Sept. 4.
▪ Both the Reagan and Bush administrations had supported the judge's power to impose the fines.
▪ They have demanded provisions for imposing fines on countries with large deficits after the euro is created.
▪ That was enough for magistrates in the city who imposed fines and costs of almost £900.
▪ The board also urged the courts to impose the maximum fines on bum landlords.
levy
▪ But instead of levying fines, prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.
pay
▪ The National Union of Mineworkers also had to pay heavy fines and suffer sequestration.
▪ He was ordered to compensate all of the victims of the fire and pay a heavy fine.
▪ Twenty people were being held on December 31, 1999, local sources said, for not paying the fines.
▪ Because women often lack the means to pay fines, they are more likely to be imprisoned.
▪ She was ordered to pay £15 in library fines, £31.90 compensation and £25 costs.
▪ Each agreed to write a letter of apology and pay a $ 500 fine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine figure of a man/woman
▪ Vellios was a fine figure of a man.
be in good/fine/great etc form
▪ At least he is in good form again.
▪ Davies, now in his 80s, is in fine form.
▪ Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
▪ Health Management Associates Inc., known as the Wal-Mart of hospital operators, appears to be in fine form.
▪ I was in good form that night.
▪ Office manager is on holiday this week., and assistant manager are in good form.
▪ That is our strength and our forwards are in good form at the moment.
chance would be a fine thing!
cut a fine/strange etc figure
cut it/things fine
go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb
have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair
in fine/good fettle
▪ When I visited Mahatma Gandhi again at the end of June, 1946, he was in fine fettle.
smooth-textured/coarse-textured/fine-textured etc
the fine arts
the small/fine print
▪ But trading standards officers and the Consumers' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print.
▪ He starts to read one, clearly hoping to find the answer in the small print.
▪ His agent was sorting out the fine print.
▪ It is the broker's job to make sure the haulier fully understands the small print of the exemption and other clauses.
▪ It ought to be the fine print, not the screaming headline.
▪ New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours' efficacy, so check the small print on the pack!
▪ You submit your offer on Form 656, but read the fine print on the back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A fine will be imposed for overstaying your visa.
▪ He got a $75 fine for speeding.
▪ I got a fine for parking on a double yellow line.
▪ If you're going into town, will you go and pay my library fines for me please?
▪ She faces up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
▪ The penalty is a $250 fine for the first offense.
▪ There are heavy fines for drink-driving. You might even go to prison.
▪ There are heavy fines for drink-driving.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But instead of levying fines, prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.
▪ It imposed fines totalling £328,500 on 105 solicitors, compared with 76 solicitors fined an aggregate of £216,000 the year before.
▪ It was the only way to save the Union, to save it from contempt fines and then from bankruptcy.
▪ My tardiness prompted an immediate threat of a fine, but it never materialised.
▪ The board also urged the courts to impose the maximum fines on bum landlords.
▪ The rebellion was over at a cost he claimed to be more than £4,000 in fines and legal fees.
▪ They have demanded provisions for imposing fines on countries with large deficits after the euro is created.
Related phrases:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
fine

fine \fine\ (f[imac]n), a. [Compar. finer (f[imac]n"[~e]r); superl. finest.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See Finish, and cf. Finite.]

  1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

    The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold.
    --Prov. iii. 14.

    A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.
    --Shak.

    Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars.
    --Felton.

    To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats].
    --Leigh Hunt.

  2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.

    He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing.
    --M. Arnold.

  3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.

    The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
    --Pope.

    The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery.
    --Dryden.

    He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman.
    --T. Gray.

  4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:

    1. Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.

      The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.
      --Bacon.

    2. Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.

    3. Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.

    4. Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.

    5. Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.

  5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.

  6. (Used ironically.)

    Ye have made a fine hand, fellows.
    --Shak.

    Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc.

    Fine arch (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse.
    --Knight.

    Fine arts. See the Note under Art.

    Fine cut, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds.

    Fine goods, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality.
    --McElrath.

    Fine stuff, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering.

    To sail fine (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible.

    Syn: Fine, Beautiful.

    Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no ``ordinary thing of its kind.'' It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fine

c.1200, "termination, end; end of life," from Old French fin "end, limit, boundary; death; fee, payment, finance, money" (10c.), from Latin finis "end" (see finish (v.)), in Medieval Latin also "payment in settlement, fine or tax."\n

\nModern meaning "exaction of money payment for an offense or dereliction" is via sense of "sum of money paid for exemption from punishment or to compensate for injury" (mid-14c., from the same sense in Anglo-French, late 13c.) and from phrases such as to make fine "make one's peace, settle a matter" (c.1300). Meaning "sum of money imposed as penalty for some offense" is first recorded 1520s.

fine

late 13c., "pay as a ransom or penalty," from fine (n.). Inverted meaning "to punish by pecuniary penalty" is from 1550s. Related: Fined; fining.

fine

mid-13c., "unblemished, refined, pure, free of impurities," also "of high quality, choice," from Old French fin "perfected, of highest quality" (12c.), a back-formation from finire or else from Latin finis "that which divides, a boundary, limit, border, end" (see finish (v.)); hence "acme, peak, height," as in finis boni "the highest good." The English word is from c.1300 as "rich, valuable, costly;" also in a moral sense "true, genuine; faithful, constant." From late 14c. as "expertly fashioned, well or skillfully made," also, of cloth, "delicately wrought." Of weapons or edges, "sharp" from c.1400. In reference to quality of gold and silver, late 15c.\n

\nIn French, the main meaning remains "delicate, intricately skillful;" in English since c.1300 fine has been also a general broad expression of admiration or approval, the equivalent of French beau (as in fine arts, 1767, translating French beaux-arts). Related: Finer; finest. Fine print is from 1861 as "type small and close-set;" by 1934 in the extended sense "qualifications and limitations of a deal."

Wiktionary
fine

Etymology 1

  1. 1 (lb en heading) ''Of subjective quality.'' 2 # Of superior quality. 3 # (lb en informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory. adv. 1 ''expression of agreement'' 2 well, nicely, in a positive way 3 (context dated dialect colloquial English) Finely; elegantly; delicately. 4 (cx pool billiards English) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side. n. 1 fine champagne; French brandy. 2 (context usually in the plural English) something that is fine; fine particles v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) to make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. 2 (context intransitive English) to become finer, purer, or cleaner. 3 To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, et

  3. 4 To change by fine gradations. 5 (context transitive English) to clarify (wine and beer) by filtration. 6 (cx intransitive dated English) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with ''away'', ''down'', or ''off''). Etymology 2

    n. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone). 2 (context intransitive English) To pay a fine. Etymology 3

    n. 1 (context music English) The end of a musical composition. 2 (context music English) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeate

  4. Etymology 4

    n. 1 (context obsolete English) End; conclusion; termination; extinction. 2 A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. 3 (context UK legal English) 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 leas

  5. vb. 1 (context obsolete intransitive English) To finish; to cease. 2 (context obsolete transitive English) To cause to cease; to stop.

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WordNet
fine

v. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!" [syn: ticket]

fine

n. money extracted as a penalty [syn: mulct, amercement]

fine

  1. adv. sentence-initial expression of agreement [syn: very well, alright, all right, OK]

  2. in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, delicately, exquisitely]

  3. in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely" [syn: finely]

fine

  1. adj. superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade" [syn: good]

  2. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory]

  3. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"

  4. of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" [ant: coarse]

  5. being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?" [syn: all right]

  6. thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"

  7. characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"

  8. ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine" [syn: f.]

  9. (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"

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Wikipedia
Fine (penalty)

A fine is money paid usually to superior authority, usually governmental authority, as a punishment for a crime or other offence. The amount of a fine can be determined case by case, but it is often announced in advance.

The most usual use of the term, fine, relates to a financial punishment for the commission of crimes, especially minor crimes, or as the settlement of a claim. A synonym, typically used in civil law actions, is mulct.

One common example of a fine is money paid for violations of traffic laws. Currently in English Common Law, relatively small fines are used either in place of or alongside community service orders for low-level criminal offences. Larger fines are also given independently or alongside shorter prison sentences where the judge or magistrate considers a considerable amount of retribution is necessary, but there is unlikely to be significant danger to the public. For instance, fraud is often punished by very large fines since fraudsters are typically banned from the position or profession they abused to commit their crimes.

Fines can also be used as a form of tax. Money for bail may be applied toward a fine.

A day-fine is a fine that, above a minimum, is based on personal income.

Some fines are small, such as loitering which can run about $25–$100. In some areas of the United States (for example California, New York, Texas, and Washington D.C.), there are petty crimes, such as criminal mischief (shouting in public places, projecting an object at a police car) that run between $2500–$5000.

Fíne

Fíne, Gaelic- Irish feminine forename.

At least two women named Fín or Fíne are attested in the Irish annals:

  • Fín, princess of Cenél nEógain, wife of Oswiu of Northumbria (d. 670).
  • Fíne, abatissa or banabb of Kildare.
Fine (album)

Fine is an album by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 1994 on the Lunamoth label, and is distributed by Scratch Records.

The album was re-released in 1999 on the label Grand Theft Autumn, with new cover art.

Fine (brandy)

Fine (French word meaning "fine", as in "high quality") is a term for some high quality French brandy (generally AOC), including Cognac and Armagnac.

Varieties include:

  • Fine de Bordeaux
  • Fine de Bourgogne
  • Fine de la Marne

It was formerly quite common in France; it is now quite rare.

Fine (song)

"Fine" is a song by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, and was the fourth single from her 2000 compilation album, Whitney: The Greatest Hits.

Fine (band)

Fine (also stylized as F.I.N.E.) were a Los Angeles-based rock band of the late 1990s led by Ashley Hamilton.

Fine (paper products brand)

FINE is a registered trademark stationed out of Jordan and part of the conglomerate Nuqul Group. Its establishment was in 1958 and FINE's main line of business is hygienic products, which include tissues, toilet paper, diapers, sanitary napkins, adult briefs, pocket tissues among others. FINE has operational facilities in Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.

Fine Hygienic Paper Co., was founded in 1958 as the Group’s first industrial operation. It specializes in the production and conversion of hygienic tissue paper products such as Fine facial tissues, baby diapers, feminine sanitary napkins, toilet rolls, kitchen towels, table napkins, drinking straws, coasters and wet wipes in addition to all types of stationery paper.

Over the years, the company has played a major role in expanding the Group’s activities and operations to include setting up similar industries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of Lebanon United Arab Emirates and Yemen Republic.

The Company places top priority on its products; its Research and Development Department continuously seeks to find ways to improve and upgrade the quality of these products which enjoy worldwide recognition.

Fine (surname)

Fine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alan Fine (writer) (born 1953), author, executive coach, consultant, and speaker
  • Alan Fine (executive) (born 1951), American chief executive
  • Anne Fine (born 1947), British author
  • Arthur Fine, philosopher of science
  • Benjamin Fine
  • Bernie Fine, assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University
  • Fran Fine
  • Gary Alan Fine
  • Henry Burchard Fine (1858-1928), American mathematician and dean
  • Irving Fine (1914–1962), American composer
  • Jeanna Fine (born 1964), American erotic actress and dancer
  • John Christopher Fine, American author, attorney, marine biologist, photojournalist
  • John S. Fine
  • Kit Fine
  • Larry Fine (1902–1975), American actor best known as a member of The Three Stooges
  • Larry Fine (pianos), American technician and author
  • Lou Fine
  • Nathan Fine, mathematician
  • Reuben Fine (1914–1993), American chess player
  • Sidney Fine (historian)
  • Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), American songwriter
  • Tommy Fine (1914–2005), American baseball pitcher
  • Vivian Fine

Fictional characters:

  • Fran Fine, the title character of The Nanny
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Usage examples of "fine".

Every man aboard knew that their vessel was a fine sailer on a bowline.

The snowflakes had become fine and dry, almost like bits of ice, and they seemed to be abrading the world, smoothing it the way that sandpaper smoothed wood, until eventually there would be no peaks and valleys, nothing but a featureless, highly polished plain as far as anyone could see.

The glass was as fine as anything that Ryan had ever seen, cut with patterns of intertwined acanthus and vine leaves.

I confess that I have not yet repented on his account, for Capitani thought he had duped me in accepting it as security for the amount he gave me, and the count, his father, valued it until his death as more precious than the finest diamond in the world.

Much useful comparative information was obtained during the following minute of suspended ecstasy, during which the female tongues parted into thousands of fine tentacles, exploring every accessible cavity of the male bodies.

It was not quite light the next morning, when Ace awakened to the cool dampness of a fine, misty rain on his face.

Baron was always very respectful to Mr Aching since Granny had died two years ago, calling him the finest shepherd in these hills, and was generally held by the people in the village to be not too bad these days.

It is evenly and not too thickly covered with fine sand or lycopodium powder and then caused to vibrate acoustically by the repeated drawing of a violin-bow with some pressure across the edge of the plate until a steady note becomes audible.

Man is a noble creation, and he has fine and sturdy qualities which command the admiration of the other sex, but how will it be when that sex, by reason of superior acquirements, is able to look down on him intellectually?

In Spain any actress who shews her drawers on the stage is liable to a fine of a crown.

Mr Steplight and I made a fine pair of travelling-companions, for he addressed no word to me nor even looked in my direction during all the first stage so that I might have been a parcel he had shoved onto the seat beside him.

Darryl Adin and his people had fine warp-capacity vessels, the epitome of private spacecraft technology, but their engines could not produce enough power to break free of the gravitational surges that barely affected a Galaxy-class starship.

Airthrey Castle, standing in a fine park with a lake, adjoins the town on the south-east, and just beyond it are the old church and burying-ground of Logie, beautifully situated at the foot of a granite spur of the Ochil range.

I went down and saw that their fines were paid, and pledged to the stationer adjudicator that they would be confined to quarters for the duration of our stay.

He also took off a cloak of fine material, in which he had dressed himself that day, and dressed the king in it, and sent for some colored boots, which he put on his feet, and he put a large silver ring on his finger, because he had heard that he had admired greatly a silver ornament worn by one of the sailors.