fine-tune

American  

[fahyn-toon, -tyoon] / ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtyun /

verb (used with object)

fine-tuned, fine-tuning

1. 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.

2. tune.

3. to make minor adjustments in so as to produce stability, improvement, or the precise results desired.

   to fine-tune the nation's economy.

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fine-tune British  

verb

1. (tr) to make fine adjustments to (something) in order to obtain optimum performance

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Other Word Forms

• fine-tuner noun

Etymology

Origin of fine-tune

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

At this point, the central bank is moving into fine-tuning phase and may want to make any further cuts at a slower pace, said Patrick Harker, a former president of the Philadelphia Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal

By carefully choosing the substrate and fine-tuning the growth conditions, they were able to control how the crystal structure formed.

From Science Daily

Not the way we would have put it, but the fine-tuning of the English language is one reason to watch these women.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was definitely a process that required lots of fine-tuning and looking at David as not just the king and hero that Wickham had grown up reading about at home and in Southern California churches.

From Los Angeles Times

Because many enhancers are active only in specific cell types, targeting them could offer a way to fine-tune gene expression in astrocytes without changing neurons or other brain cells.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• adjust
• calibrate
• tweak