fine

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, heavy, hefty, huge, large, massive, stiff, substantial

▪

He was forced to pay a hefty fine.

▪ small

▪ maximum

▪ two-hundred-dollar, five-hundred-pound, etc.

▪ parking, speeding

▪ civil (esp. AmE), criminal

VERB + FINE

▪ get (esp. BrE), receive

▪

I got a fine for parking illegally.

▪ pay

▪ give (sb) (esp. BrE), impose, levy

▪

Heavy fines were levied on offenders.

▪ be liable for, be liable to, face, risk

▪

Drivers risk heavy fines for driving without insurance.

▪ be punishable by, carry, lead to

▪

Violations carry a maximum fine of $1000.

▪ increase

PREPOSITION

▪ in fine

▪

They face up to five years in prison and more than $1 million in fines.

▪ fine for

▪

a fine for water pollution

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verb

ADVERB

▪ heavily

▪

Any company found to be breaking these rules will be heavily fined.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

He got fined £200 for parking illegally.

PHRASES

▪ get fined

Fine is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑magistrate

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adj.

1 good enough/suitable

VERBS

▪ be, look, seem, smell, sound, taste

▪ turn out

▪

I knew that everything would turn out fine in the end.

ADVERB

▪ absolutely, completely, just, perfectly, totally, truly (esp. AmE)

▪

Don't worry. Your voice sounds absolutely fine.

▪ exceptionally, particularly

▪

He has done an exceptionally fine job of reorganizing things.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

This paper's not very good quality, but it's fine for rough work.

2 in good health/happy and comfortable

VERBS

▪ be, feel, look, seem

▪

George looks fine now.

ADVERB

▪ absolutely, completely

▪

I feel absolutely fine.

▪ physically

3 (esp. BrE) bright and sunny/not raining

VERBS

▪ be

▪ turn out

▪

It's turned out fine again today.

▪ keep, remain, stay

▪

Let's hope it stays fine for the wedding.

4 thin/small

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪

Her hair is very fine.

▪

a very fine distinction

▪ exceptionally

Fine is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑actor, actress, ↑adjustment, ↑ale, ↑antique, ↑array, ↑art, ↑artist, ↑ash, ↑athlete, ↑balance, ↑beach, ↑bone, ↑book, ↑brain, ↑brush, ↑building, ↑champagne, ↑china, ↑chocolate, ↑clay, ↑cloth, ↑clothes, ↑coating, ↑collection, ↑composer, ↑cotton, ↑crack, ↑craftsman, ↑craftsmanship, ↑cuisine, ↑dancer, ↑day, ↑detail, ↑discrimination, ↑display, ↑disregard, ↑distinction, ↑drizzle, ↑dust, ↑ear, ↑evening, ↑example, ↑fabric, ↑fashion, ↑feature, ↑fellow, ↑figure, ↑film, ↑finish, ↑flavour, ↑folk, ↑food, ↑football, ↑form, ↑furniture, ↑game, ↑grain, ↑hair, ↑horse, ↑hotel, ↑house, ↑illustration, ↑instrument, ↑jewellery, ↑job, ↑judgement, ↑lace, ↑lad, ↑lady, ↑layer, ↑library, ↑line, ↑linen, ↑man, ↑material, ↑mess, ↑mist, ↑morning, ↑mountain, ↑music, ↑musician, ↑needle, ↑net, ↑nuance, ↑painting, ↑performance, ↑performer, ↑piece, ↑player, ↑poem, ↑point, ↑porcelain, ↑pottery, ↑powder, ↑print, ↑quality, ↑rain, ↑record, ↑recording, ↑reputation, ↑restaurant, ↑run, ↑sand, ↑save, ↑scale, ↑selection, ↑sentiment, ↑shading, ↑shape, ↑shop, ↑shot, ↑shred, ↑sieve, ↑sight, ↑silk, ↑silt, ↑singer, ↑singing, ↑skin, ↑snow, ↑soldier, ↑son, ↑specimen, ↑spine, ↑spray, ↑start, ↑style, ↑talk, ↑taste, ↑textile, ↑texture, ↑thread, ↑tradition, ↑tribute, ↑tube, ↑view, ↑vintage, ↑voice, ↑weather, ↑whisky, ↑win, ↑wine, ↑wire, ↑wool, ↑word, ↑work, ↑workmanship, ↑wrinkle, ↑writer, ↑writing, ↑yarn

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adv.

Fine is used with these verbs: ↑suit, ↑work