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# fine

«fine» in Mova's school dictionary: **Well or healthy, all right: "I'm fine, thanks."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fine, finer, finest); adverb (fine — informal); noun (a fine, fines); verb (fine, fines, fined, fining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Well or healthy, all right: "I'm fine, thanks." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m1)

2) Good enough, acceptable: "That's fine." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m2)

3) Very thin or tiny: "fine sand", "fine hair". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m3)

4) Sunny and dry: "fine weather". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m4)

5) Of high quality: "fine art". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m5)

6) As a noun, money you must pay as a punishment: "a parking fine". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m6)

7) As a verb, to make someone pay a fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, "I'm fine" is a usual answer to "How are you?" — but if you are not fine, it is good to say so. In science, fine sand has tiny grains. In money problems, a fine is money paid for breaking a rule. Phrases: I'm fine, that's fine, fine weather, fine print, fine-tune.

### examples

- "How are you?" "I'm fine, thank you." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x1)
- The beach has fine white sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x2)
- It's a fine day for a picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x3)
- That's fine with me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x4)
- He got a fine for parking in the wrong place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x5)
- Draw with a fine pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x6)
- The library fined me for a late book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x7)
- The doctor said my arm is fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/#x8)

### note

Many meanings — read the sentence. A "fine" (money) is countable. In maths, a fine adds to what someone pays: "a $5 fine" takes $5 away from them.

### In the corpora

- [Most adults have some, like a mortgage or a car loan, and planned debt can be fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/1/)
- [Many children call a step-parent by their first name, and it is fine to ask what to call them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/12/)
- [An annual check-up is a routine visit to catch problems early, even when you feel fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/17/)
- [A speed camera photographs cars going over the limit, and the driver must pay a fine and may get points on their licence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/15/)
- [«I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.