fine-tune

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fahyn toon, tyoon]
- /faɪn tun, tyun/
- /faɪn tjuːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyn toon, tyoon]
- /faɪn tun, tyun/

Definitions of fine-tune word

verb with object fine-tune to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar. 1
verb with object fine-tune tune (def 12). 1
verb with object fine-tune to make minor adjustments in so as to produce stability, improvement, or the precise results desired: to fine-tune the nation's economy. 1
transitive verb fine-tune refine 1
transitive verb fine-tune adjust precisely 1
verb fine-tune If you fine-tune something, you make very small and precise changes to it in order to make it as successful or effective as it possibly can be. 0

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Origin of fine-tune

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Fine-tune

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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fine-tune popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for fine-tune

verb fine-tune

tweak — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
tune up — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.

All 5 Synonyms of fine-tune