fine
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 →
2) Good enough, acceptable: "That's fine." tree →
3) Very thin or tiny: "fine sand", "fine hair". tree →
4) Sunny and dry: "fine weather". tree →
5) Of high quality: "fine art". tree →
6) As a noun, money you must pay as a punishment: "a parking fine". tree →
7) As a verb, to make someone pay a fine. tree →
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 →
- The beach has fine white sand. tree →
- It's a fine day for a picnic. tree →
- That's fine with me. tree →
- He got a fine for parking in the wrong place. tree →
- Draw with a fine pencil. tree →
- The library fined me for a late book. tree →
- The doctor said my arm is fine. tree →
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.
- Many children call a step-parent by their first name, and it is fine to ask what to call them.
- An annual check-up is a routine visit to catch problems early, even when you feel fine.
- A speed camera photographs cars going over the limit, and the driver must pay a fine and may get points on their licence.
- «I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.