"attune" meaning in English

See attune in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈtjuːn/ [UK], /əˈt͜ʃuːn/ [UK], /əˈt(j)un/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attune.wav [Southern-England] Forms: attunes [present, singular, third-person], attuning [participle, present], attuned [participle, past], attuned [past]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: ad- + tune Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ad|tune}} ad- + tune Head templates: {{en-verb}} attune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)
  1. (music, transitive) To bring into musical accord. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (to bring into musical accord): хармонизирам (harmoniziram) (Bulgarian), sladit [perfective] (Czech), accorder (French), accordar (Occitan), armonizar (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-attune-en-verb-RA8du9mf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ad- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 24 20 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ad-: 34 23 22 21 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'to bring into musical accord': 72 2 25 1
  2. (music, transitive) To tune (an instrument). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (to tune an instrument): настройвам (nastrojvam) (Bulgarian), naladit [perfective] (Czech), stemmen (Dutch), virittää (Finnish), accorder (French), accordar (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-attune-en-verb-mQ62auIZ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'to tune an instrument': 2 95 2 1
  3. (transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (to bring into harmony or accord): sladit [perfective] (Czech), sopeuttaa (Finnish), accorder (French), accordar (Occitan), armonizar (Occitan), adecuar (Spanish), adaptar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attune-en-verb-6KJXTjBE Disambiguation of 'to bring into harmony or accord': 26 2 71 1
  4. (transitive, poetic) To fill with music. Tags: poetic, transitive
    Sense id: en-attune-en-verb-jitseiAH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attunable, attunement, attuner, misattune, reattune

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for attune meaning in English (5.8kB)

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