| query | A f___ detail or distinction is very delicate, small, or exact.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. They had to take the finely balanced decision to let the visit proceed. This is a fast-moving but finely observed drama. ...a sense of quality and fineness of detail. |
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| word | fine |
| full-definition | adjective 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. They are finely engineered boats. 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. 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. All the instruments are working fine. Something that is fine is very delicate, narrow, or small. The heat scorched the fine hairs on her arms. The ship has come to rest on the fine sand. Chop the ingredients finely and mix them together. That fineness of the tip is what controls the resolution of the image. Fine objects or clothing are of good quality, delicate, and expensive . We waited in our fine clothes. She'll wear fine jewellery wherever she goes. 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. They had to take the finely balanced decision to let the visit proceed. This is a fast-moving but finely observed drama. ...a sense of quality and fineness of detail. A fine person is someone you consider good, moral, and worth admiring. I was with fine people doing a good job. He was an excellent journalist and a very fine man. 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. other convention 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. 'It'll take me a couple of days.'—'That's fine with me.' |
| inflections | finerfinestfinelyfinelyfinenessfinelyfineness |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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