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Fine
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fine
n.
monetary penalty, punishment which involves the payment of a specified sum of money
v.
punish with a fine, impose a tax upon; refine, purify; become fine or finer; make thin or thinner, reduce; clarify
adv.
very well; excellently
adj.
delicate; thin; flimsy; handsome; top-quality; excellent; sharp; sharpened; refined; purified; elegant
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FINE
FINE was created in 1998 and is an informal association of the four main fair trade networks:
- F Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)
- I International Fair Trade Association, now the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)
- N Network of European Worldshops (NEWS!) and
- E European Fair Trade Association (EFTA)
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Fine
Fíne
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fine
Noun
1. money extracted as a penalty
(synonym) mulct, amercement
(hypernym) penalty
(hyponym) library fine
(derivation) ticket
Verb
1. 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!"
(synonym) ticket
(hypernym) book
(hyponym) amerce
(derivation) mulct, amercement
Adjective
1. superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
(synonym) good
(similar) superior
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"
(synonym) all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory
(similar) satisfactory
(classification) colloquialism
3. minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
(similar) precise
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"
(antonym) coarse
(similar) close, tight
(see-also) smooth
(attribute) texture
5. being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?"
(synonym) all right
(similar) well
6. thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
(similar) thin
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"
(similar) elegant
8. ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
(synonym) f.
(similar) pure
(classification) metallurgy
9. (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"
(similar) pleasant
Adverb
1. sentence-initial expression of agreement
(synonym) very well, alright, all right, OK
2. in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
(synonym) finely, delicately, exquisitely
3. in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
(synonym) finely
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fine
adj.
dead smooth, delicate, neat
fine
nf.
wisp
fin
adj.
thin, fine; sharp; keen, slender; astute, sterling, willowy
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fine
adj.
fine, delicate; thin, subtle, dainty, chic
fine
nm.
end, purpose, goal, aim, intention, objective; sake
nf.
close, closure, end, ending, finish, termination, conclusion
fino
adj.
fine, thin; subtle, pure; sharp
