verb
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to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
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to tune (a musical instrument)
Other Word Forms
- preattune verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of attune
Example Sentences
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But for the spark to happen, actors and audience members need a director as intuitively attuned to the uncertain human drama as Skylight Theatre Company’s new leader.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a risk investors were attuned to—even if they didn’t expect the news over the weekend.
From Barron's
My attention span is so bad lately that it really is just me closing my eyes and composing emails that I’ll forget to send rather than attuning to some higher power.
From Los Angeles Times
Whichever bidder emerges victorious, integrating all these components into a whole will demand varied strategies attuned to the individual components.
From Los Angeles Times
That was not, in Hobsbawm’s analysis, a straight-up clash between good and evil or enlightenment and darkness; he was a non-dogmatic Marxist, always attuned to the nuanced dialectical relationship between historical forces.
From Salon
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