"tune out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-tune out.ogg Forms: tunes out [present, singular, third-person], tuning out [participle, present], tuned out [participle, past], tuned out [past]
Etymology: From tune + out. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tune out (third-person singular simple present tunes out, present participle tuning out, simple past and past participle tuned out)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: zone out, ignore Synonyms (ignore): space out Hypernyms: tune Related terms: tune in
    Sense id: en-tune_out-en-verb-qKBdN7Mz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'ignore': 97 3
  2. To change the channel or frequency away from. Translations (change the channel): 换台 (huàntái) (Chinese Mandarin), 调台 (Chinese Mandarin), 换频道 (Chinese Mandarin), vaihtaa kanavaa (Finnish), trocar estação (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tune_out-en-verb-hBd2QoOZ Disambiguation of 'change the channel': 7 93

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "vaihtaa kanavaa"
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      "sense": "change the channel",
      "word": "trocar estação"
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