attune

English

Etymology

ad- +‎ tune

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtjuːn/, /əˈt͜ʃuːn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈt(j)un/
Rhymes: -uːn

Verb

attune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)

(music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
(music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
(transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.
By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.

Derived terms

Translations

to bring into musical accord

Bulgarian: хармонизирам (harmoniziram)
Czech: sladit (cs) pf
French: accorder (fr)
Occitan: accordar, armonizar

to tune an instrument

Bulgarian: настройвам (bg) (nastrojvam)
Czech: naladit pf
Dutch: stemmen (nl)
Finnish: virittää (fi)
French: accorder (fr)
Occitan: accordar

to bring into harmony or accord

Czech: sladit (cs) pf
Finnish: sopeuttaa (fi)
French: accorder (fr)
Occitan: accordar, armonizar, armonizar
Spanish: adecuar (es), adaptar (es)

Anagrams

UNTAET, nutate, tauten

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