Fine vs. Ok
Difference Between Fine and Ok
Fineadjective
Senses referring to subjective quality.
Okadjective
(informal) lang=en
Fineadjective
Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.Oknoun
a state in south central United States
Fineadjective
(informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
How are you today? – Fine.Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.Oknoun
an endorsement;
they gave us the O.K. to go aheadFineadjective
(informal) Good-looking, attractive.
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.Okadjective
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;
an all-right moviethe passengers were shaken up but are all rightis everything all right?everything's finethings are okaydinner and the movies had been fineanother minute I'd have been fineFineadjective
Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
Okadverb
sentence-initial expression of agreement
Fineadjective
(obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
Fineadjective
Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
Fineadjective
An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
When a girl says she's "fine," she ain't fine.Fineadjective
Senses referring to objective quality.
Fineadjective
Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.Fineadjective
(of weather) Sunny and not raining.
Fineadjective
Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
Grind it into a fine powder.When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.Fineadjective
Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.Fineadjective
Made of slender or thin filaments.
They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.Fineadjective
Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
coins nine tenths fineFineadjective
(cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
...to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a fournb...Fineadjective
(obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
Fineadverb
Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
Fineadverb
Well, nicely, in a positive way.
Everything worked out fine.Fineadverb
Finely; elegantly; delicately.
Fineadverb
In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Finenoun
Fine champagne; French brandy.
Finenoun
Something that is fine; fine particles.
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.Finenoun
A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.Finenoun
(music) The end of a musical composition.
Finenoun
(music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Finenoun
(obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
Finenoun
A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
Finenoun
A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
Fineverb
(transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
to fine goldFineverb
(intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
Fineverb
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
to fine the soilFineverb
To change by fine gradations.
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines graduallyFineverb
(transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
Fineverb
To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
Fineverb
(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.Fineverb
(intransitive) To pay a fine.
Fineverb
To finish; to cease.
Fineverb
To cause to cease; to stop.
Finenoun
money extracted as a penalty
Fineverb
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty;
I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the streetMove your car or else you will be ticketed!Fineadjective
superior to the average;
in fine spiritsa fine studentmade good gradesmorale was goodhad good weather for the paradeFineadjective
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition;
an all-right moviethe passengers were shaken up but are all rightis everything all right?everything's finethings are okaydinner and the movies had been fineanother minute I'd have been fineFineadjective
minutely precise especially in differences in meaning;
a fine distinctionFineadjective
of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles;
wood with a fine grainfine powdery snowfine rainbatiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weavecovered with a fine film of dustFineadjective
being in good health;
he's feeling all right againI'm fine, how are you?Fineadjective
thin in thickness or diameter;
a fine film of oilfine hairsread the fine printFineadjective
characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment;
fine winelooking fine in her Easter suita fine gentlemanfine china and crystala fine violinistthe fine hand of a masterFineadjective
; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity;
gold 21 carats fineFineadjective
(of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining;
a fine summer eveningFineadverb
sentence-initial expression of agreement
Fineadverb
in a delicate manner;
finely shaped featuresher fine drawn bodyFineadverb
in a superior and skilled manner;
the soldiers were fighting finely
